[FCG] Re: [TowerTalk] Tower tipS - really long

[Steve Katz]

Hi Bob,

Maybe, but I've never known anyone who went to jail for an undocumented
tower installation.

I've known a few who have had to take them down, though.

-WB2WIK/6

"Success is the ability to go from failure to failure with no loss of
enthusiasm." -Winston Churchill

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Bob Farkaly [SMTP:bob at farkaly.com]
> Sent:	Monday, February 10, 2003 2:05 PM
> To:	Steve Katz
> Cc:	TowerTalk at contesting.com
> Subject:	RE: [FCG] Re: [TowerTalk] Tower tipS - really long
> 
> Sounds like one of those tricks that can get you state-supplied housing,
> clothing and 3 squares a day. But no hamming.
> 
> Bob, K9RHY 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Steve Katz
> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 1:29 PM
> To: 'Jim White, K4OJ'
> Cc: FCG at mailman.qth.net; towertalk at contesting.com; K7LXC at aol.com
> Subject: RE: [FCG] Re: [TowerTalk] Tower tipS - really long
> 
> 
> Here's one nobody said yet:
> 
> If installing a new tower in an area requiring a permit, and not having
> a
> permit during the installation...
> 
> ...find out exactly when the zoning or building code was drafted that
> would
> require a permit for a tower.  Then, determine if the property/house
> pre-dates that.  If so...
> 
> ...go ahead, but when pouring the very last of the concrete, add dirt to
> the
> mix, and do anything possible to "lighten up" the appearance of the top
> surface once it cures (concrete has that "newly poured" look for a long
> time, sometimes, and one dead giveaway is its dark color).  Before it
> fully
> hardens, scribe in a date that precedes the ordinance, like "6-2-49" or
> something.
> 
> If questioned about the "new" tower, claim, "It's not new.  What do you
> mean?  This tower was there for 30 years, I took it down for routine
> maintenance and examination, and now it's back up."
> 
> Works, sometimes....
> 
> Doesn't work well in brand new subdivisions that years ago were horse
> pastures or cherry orchards.
> 
> -WB2WIK/6
> 
> "Success is the ability to go from failure to failure with no loss of
> enthusiasm." -Winston Churchill
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Jim White, K4OJ [SMTP:k4oj at tampabay.rr.com]
> > Sent:	Monday, February 10, 2003 1:16 PM
> > Cc:	FCG at mailman.qth.net; towertalk at contesting.com; K7LXC at aol.com
> > Subject:	Re: [FCG] Re: [TowerTalk] Tower tipS - really long
> > 
> > ...oh yeah, a few more:
> > 
> > Make one side of your tower run the same way as your favorite
> population 
> > footprint - i.e. for DX Contest type guys - make one side of the tower
> 
> > make a line towards Europe... this way you can side mount to two legs
> of 
> > the tower and be pointing there!
> > 
> > COINCIDENTLY (or is that ally) here in FL that make another side of
> your 
> > tower just about right for Japan and midwest US
> > 
> > _..._
> > 
> > ALWAYS leave uninstalled rotors pointed "North"(we all know where true
> 
> > North is by now) - when you install it in the antenna system you won't
> 
> > be wondering where to point the antenna - "did I leave the rotor on 
> > Europe or was it West"....if you always leave it pointing the same way
> 
> > you don't have to worry about it.
> > 
> > K4OJ
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > 
> > See: http://www.mscomputer.com  for "Self Supporting Towers",
> "Wireless
> > Weather Stations", and lot's more.  Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041
> with
> > any questions and ask for Sherman, W2FLA.
> > 
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> See: http://www.mscomputer.com  for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless
> Weather Stations", and lot's more.  Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with
> any questions and ask for Sherman, W2FLA.
> 
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