[TowerTalk] towers on roofs

[na9d at speakeasy.net]

Depends on how big the tower is.

I have a 14 foot tower/tripod on my roof and it's been up there for years and has worked great.  I used to have my HF beam on it, but since then I have put up 53 feet of Rohn 25 and I now use the roof tower for VHF/UHF/S band satellite antennas.

As for lightning, you can do a fairly decent ground system if you do it correctly.  Polyphaser has a good app note on their website.  Look, if commercial sites can put antennas and equipment on high-rise buildings and create adequate grounds, it can be done on one's house.

73,

Jon
NA9D

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Jarvis [mailto:jimjarvis at comcast.net]
> Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2003 05:19 PM
> To: 'Towertalk'
> Subject: [TowerTalk] towers on roofs
> 
> 
> There were two similar questions on this topic,
> one had a hazer, the other did not.
> 
> One man's opinion:
> 
> Towers on roofs are a bad idea.  It costs as much
> to support the weight and seal the roof as a couple
> tower sections...maybe more.  
> 
> My biggest objection is lightning ground.  I would prefer
> to have lightning have a solid path to ground, around my
> house.  
> 
> At the same time, it can be quite easy to build a house 
> bracket from wood, and bolt it to the house.  Sturdier than
> Rohn...and it gives you an easy ladder to the roof. For short
> ones, If you hinge the base for foldover, you can use the house attachment
> as the tie point for a block and tackle....
> 
> Jim N2EA
> 
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