[TowerTalk] Tower/mast/antenna height -- a clarification

[Alan AB2OS]

The wording in my original message was my own. The relevant section of 
the ordinance is:

"Sec. 3A.04 Applicability.
A.     New towers and antennas. All new towers and new antennas in the 
township shall be subject to this article, except as otherwise provided 
in this section.
B.     Amateur radio station operators/receive only antennas; television 
antennas. This article shall not govern any tower, or the installation 
of any antenna:
(i)     That is under seventy (70) feet in height; and
(ii)     Is owned and operated by a federally-licensed amateur radio 
station or is used exclusively for receive only antennas for voice or 
television reception."

I take this to mean that no part of the installation may be more than 
70' above grade.

Alan AB2OS


On 07/21/04 11:48 pm Jim Jarvis put fingers to keyboard and launched the 
following message into cyberspace:

> I obviously missed the central point of this post,
> and responded to mast vs. tower cost/weight discussion.
> 
> There MAY be a subtlety in the ordinance language, regarding
> 'antenna support' or 'tower' as distinct from antenna.  This
> may give you wiggle room.  Worth careful investigation.
> 
> As a practical matter, I'd suggest putting up the 70 foot tower,
> with the steppIR on it.  You can EITHER let it grow a bit, for
> 2m yagi spacing, or co-locate the 2m yagi on the steppir boom....
> or not much above it.  You don't need 10' spacing.  You DO need to
> get the yagi 20m above ground, for it to be effective for long 
> distance work on 20m.  
> 
> Again, practically speaking, if you're an experimenter, the
> zoning folks don't want to regulate "antennas"...merely the
> support structure.  What goes on top is both irrelevant, and may
> change with some frequency.  If you have decent relations with the 
> professional staff, (city planner, zoning administrator) they may 
> be able to give you useful guidance here.