[TowerTalk] Suburb Home & Conservative Tower

[Gene Bigham]

After reading all these posts I count my lucky stars!  I recently got re-married and we looked for a home for about 3 months.  During the search our realtor friend of the family was made aware of my interest in a home where a modest tower could be erected.  She was very helpful and directed us to homes that had been screened on this qualification.  As it turned out we saw many suitable homes that pleased me for their RF launch ability but did not suit the Mrs.  Finally, we looked at this home and it met all criteria.  I got to know the neighbors immediately building good will.  Then started out with a G5RV in the tree.  This brought curiosity out in several neighbors.  I briefly explained what I was doing in low tech terms and the fun it was to do so.  Next, came a Gap Challenger vertical.  Again, curiosity was expressed.  I inquired if there were any interference issues with all of them and was told no.  We have underground everything here, power, phone, cable.  One neighbor has not subscribed to cable and asked if my antenna would help his TV reception.  We laughed about that one.  Next came a 50 foot crank up aluma tower which was placed in the back yard while preparations were being made to erect.  Again curiosity from the neighbors.  I again inquired if any interference had been noticed.  The response was no.  When the day came to erect the tower, rotator, beam, etc.  Two neighbors offered to help!  It has been up and nested now for a couple of months and no complaints to date.  Oh, I did research the covenants and restrictions for the community on line and found one item referenced to tower which only specified must be installed and maintained in sound mechanical condition.  So far so good, now go knock on a 3-500zg tube or two and see what happens.
KB0GU