[TowerTalk] 70' mast

[Eugene Jensen]

Right on Steve, Most of us spend big bucks to make sure what we put in the
air, stays in the air. We  pour 10 yards of concrete today in a HEAT WAVE
that was murder to work in. At the moment I have spent $2500.00 in ground.
But when I'm done, I will sleep soundly at night knowing I won't have my
Antenna as my bed partner :-) Gene K2QWD

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-towertalk@contesting.com
[mailto:owner-towertalk@contesting.com]On Behalf Of K7LXC@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 8:04 PM
To: ackster@pcsonline.com; towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 70' mast



In a message dated 8/7/01 2:24:27 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
ackster@pcsonline.com writes:

> I am new to this tower stuff and need to get some basic info for my
>  contractor/engineering friend, so we can put this up right.  We want
>  to put up a 70' mast such as the rohn h70 or something similar.  The
>  mast will be place next to the peak side of a house, so the first 16'
>  can be bracketed to the house.  That side of the house is made of
>  concrete block, so I am hoping it will be strong enough.
>
>  I know I will have to guy every ten feet, can I start the guying at
>  the 20 foot mark?  I also know I will be using 3 wires at each guy
>  point.
>
>  Ok now for the details.  All I want to put on this is a Omni
>  Directional antenna about 36" long.  The catch is that I live in SW FL,
so
> it should be able to handle high winds (110 mph is county reg for
>  towers).
>
    Bad new, Dude. The mast will never pass any engineering specs for that
windspeed. You need a real tower designed for that extraordinary windspeed.

    If you're not going to get a permit or anything, go ahead and put it up
but plan on replacing it everytime a storm comes through.

Cheers,    Steve     K7LXC
Tower Tech

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