[TowerTalk] Tower in the woods

[Gene Smar]

Tom:

      I agree on the <cheaper> part.  Less concrete needed because you have
three sets of guy wires resisting the forces that one large block of
concrete of a self-supporting tower would otherwise resist.

     However, remember that ALL trees fall down.  If one of them happens to
fall onto a guy wire..... You do the math.  Maybe a self-supporter doesn't
look as bad.

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Blake Bowers" <bbowers at townsqr.com>
To: "K3GM" <k3gm_qrp at verizon.net>; <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower in the woods


> If you have the room, go guyed.  Cheaper, sturdier, etc.
>
> Yes, I would say it would be insanity to wheelbarrow,
> and also to mix onsite......
>
> Find a way to get the truck in there!
>
>
>
>
> appropriate radius about the tower to permit antenna rotation only.  Given
> this situation, would a freestanding tower be preferred over guyed?  And
> another question.  The location would be about 300' off the road. and I
> would say absolutely inaccessible to a concrete delivery truck.  Would you
> all say it's insanity to wheelbarrow the 3 or 4 yards of concrete for a
free
> standing base?  If I could get a loader back there with the materials,
could
> 3 or 4 yards be mixed on site with a rented mixer?
> > tnx es 7 3, Tom Hybiske - K3GM
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