[TowerTalk] Tower Placement

[Mike Gilmer - N2MG]

> I'm in the planning stage of a tower. Do I put 
> it near the house or farther away? 

Some disadvantages have already been mentioned.

Some advantages for putting the tower further away:
1) Generally less RFI/TVI in the house
2) Further back is generally less conspicuous
3) As much as we like to NOT think about it, towers DO 
   collapse and antennas break.  Away from the house 
   is safer.  But I'd wager more hams get damage to 
   their homes from sick trees than from their towers.

I'm in a rural area, so #2 was probably not much of an 
issue for my getting a permit (though being more than 
1X tower height from the house/road/powerlines surely 
didn't hurt with the town officials).  #3 makes my 
wife happy in wind storms.  But #1 is the real reason 
I moved mine far away from the house.  ;-)

Mike N2MG

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