[TowerTalk] Hams, hi-tech, & towers

Martin Ewing AA6E aa6e at arrl.net
Sat Dec 13 13:52:50 EST 2003


de W6RMK:
> There is a definite trend in industry towards "commodity" products and away
> from "craft built" products.  ...

Very interesting, when you think about towers & antennas.  SteppIR aside, there 
is very little hi-tech about putting aluminum and copper up in the air.  Most of 
what we do today is not very different from 40 years ago. (Although antenna 
modeling software can be a big help.)

Those of us who are climbing-challenged or space- or neighbor-challenged have a 
real need for a way to get directivity and gain way up in the air without 
pouring concrete and building major structures.

Maybe carbon composite towers & masts will help. See http://www.isotruss.com/ 
and http://www.windtowercomposites.com/pdf/economicwhitepaper.pdf, for example. 
  Such a thing, maybe with Hazer-type elevator, might help at this QTH.

73,  Martin, AA6E




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