[Towertalk] Re: [Towertalk]Support Structure

[Chris BONDE]

OK.  I asked awhile ago, receiving  no definitive answer, "When does a mast 
become a tower, and, vice versa?".

If I were on any committee and someone came up with "antenna support 
structure" I would immediately have a red flag raised higher than any 
tower!  Some legal begal has been here, what are they trying to hide?  If 
the non-desript verbage fit in well with the other hard to understand legal 
begal verbage (I worked for lawyers in a technical capacity for awhile so 
understand a bit of this), then it might fly, ie be hidden, however, it is 
a big red mark.

My dictionary describes
     mast as a long pole of wood or steel set upright to support the sails 
and rigging of a ship
  2 any upright pole, flag mast, a TV mast,    (so why not a radio mast?)
     tower as a high structure that may be completely walled in, or may 
consist only of a framework of metal or wood, .... ... 2 a fortress  3 a 
very tall building

I would try   using mast first then antenna support, simpler the better.

Chris opr VE7HCB


At 11:06 AM 2002-05-21 -0400, K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
>...    (BTW the guys in the Tower Legal Forum at Dayton said
>to use the term "antenna support structure" when talking to the local
>building authorities and governments since 'tower' has a more negative
>connotation.)
>
>Cheers,
>Steve    K7LXC
>TOWER TECH