[TowerTalk] Taller tower, shorter mast or vice versa?

[Jim Chaggaris]

Ah yes...But most inspectors aren't the brightest bulb in the
chandelier....I know, I'm dealing with these goofs right now.

73's

Jim KJ9A

-----Original Message-----
From: Gene Smar [mailto:ersmar at comcast.net]
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 9:43 PM
To: jimc at pwrone.com; TowerTalk; Alan AB2OS
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Taller tower, shorter mast or vice versa?


Jim et al:

     If I were the inspector, I'd count tower sections.  No need to climb.
FWIW.

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Chaggaris" <jimc at pwrone.com>
To: "TowerTalk" <towertalk at contesting.com>; "Alan AB2OS" <ab2os at att.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 8:18 PM
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Taller tower, shorter mast or vice versa?


>
>
> I would put up the 70' tower...Tell the inspector if he wants to verify
the
> height to get a tape measure and...START CLIMBING!"
>
> 73's
>
> Jim KJ9A
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Alan AB2OS
> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 5:46 PM
> To: towertalk reflector
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Taller tower, shorter mast or vice versa?
>
>
> The township rules permit an antenna/tower/mast up to a max. of 70'
> without a permit. I have settled on AN Wireless as my preferred tower
> manufacturer, and their towers are in multiples of 10'. Thus a 60' tower
> with a mast extending the remaining 10' gives me only 10' within which
> to mount all my antennas -- or less, since I wouldn't want an antenna
> immediately at the top of the tower. All I intend to put up at first is
> a 3-el. SteppIR (which I *might* perhaps upgrade to a 4-el. later), and
> perhaps a 2m/70cm beam, so for now that 10' mast is sufficient, but who
> knows what I might decide to put up later?
>
> Would it be preferable to get the 50' tower and a mast extending a
> further 20'? The mast would obviously have to be something rather
> substantial (chrome moly?), so there would be little cost saving over
> the taller tower and the shorter mast.
>
> Have other people wrestled with this question, and what decision was
> reached?
>
> Note: AN Wireless' surface area/wind loading specs already allow for the
> antennas being mounted up to 10' above the top of the tower. If I went
> with 20' of mast, I'd mount the SteppIR at about the 10' level and the
> smaller antenna(s) above that.
>
> Alan AB2OS
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