[TowerTalk] ROOF MOUNT TOWERS

[K7LXC at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/22/04 1:53:58 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
davarc at premier1.net writes:

> Can any body tell me anything about roof mounted towers??  Iam think of 
> getting me one Iam going to put a beam on it and would like to know more 
> informaton how good are they.

    They're a pretty nifty and relatively inexpensive way to get some beams 
up. 

>  Do they require any guying??  

    They're freestanding. 

>  and with the beam mounted over the roof would that affect it any

    A bunch of beam performance is related to height. A roof mounted antenna 
at 30 feet won't be as good as the same beam up 70 feet. Or a hundred feet. 
OTOH you can work a lot of stuff and have a lot of fun with a modest 
installation like this.

Cheers,
Steve     K7LXC
TOWER TECH -
Professional tower services for commercial and amateur