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

[Richard M. Gillingham]

Seems to me that this section, 3A.04.B.ii, specifically exempts amateur
installations of any height less than 70 feet from the rest of the article.
It includes tower and antenna.  I don't know what the rest of the ordinance
states, so exceeding the 70 feet may be possible or not.

Good luck.  Hope your endeavors grow and grow.  (grin)
Gil, W1RG
IANAL....

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan AB2OS" <ab2os at att.net>
To: "towertalk reflector" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Cc: <smeuse at mara.org>; <jimjarvis at ieee.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 12:20 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Tower/mast/antenna height -- a clarification


> 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.
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