[TowerTalk] Tower costs

[Gene Smar]

TT:

     This appears to be the right time to remind the readership of the QST
article (Aug 1996) titled " Install a House-Bracketed Tower--the Right Way!
" by K1KP.  It describes how one ham reinforced his upper floor and roof to
accommodate a bracketed Rohn tower.

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "darrel" <darrel at vanbuer.net>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 1:39 PM
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Tower costs


>
> > How do you (generic "you") know what loads your roof will stand? How can
> you
> > be sure that a good strong wind -- 60mph, 80mph -- won't take the
antenna
> > and the tower and a section of roof -- or the whole roof -- with it?
>  Alan NV8A
>
> While I don't want to over simplify, but you've got many hundreds of
square
> feet of roof and adding 5 to 15 square feet of antenna & tower.  If you
> spread the forces of the tower, I can't see it going anywhere with the
roof.
>
> If you only lag-bolt the feet to roof sheeting, well bye-bye antenna in
the
> massive blow and a few small holes left behind.
>
>   Darrel AK6I
>
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