[TowerTalk] Anti-climb panels for a crank-up tower

[Craig Sande]

Nice suggestions Roger, but it wouldn't work well for my situation for a
few reasons. The county code requires "fencing...either around the
entire side and rear of the property or around the private communication
antenna.  In leiu of fencing, the antenna shall be secured with a
commercial anti-climb device."  The tower is located within a courtyard
and my wife has so far nixed the fence around the tower idea.  It
already has more "visual impact" than she wants.  A rose trellis
wouldn't grow fast enough or high enough here (Nevada isn't the kindest
environment for some plants) and also wouldn't meet the county
requirments.  I'll have a discussion with the landscaper and also have a
fellow radio op, Tom N7OVC, check it out.  Tom is far more clever than
me.

Craig, AE7I

 
-----Original Message-----
From: Roger K8RI on Tower [mailto:k8ri-tower at charter.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 10:03 PM
To: Craig Sande; towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Anti-climb panels for a crank-up tower

How about a rose trellis?  That's not a joke.

IE  stick with a good anti climb fence which will work just fine as a 
trellis.  Kids aren't going to mess with a rose bush, and even if they
did 
the fence is still there.

IF the fence is a problem before the roses grow to cover it, then you
can 
use a wood lattice about 3 or 4 inches out from the fence, or even
against 
it.  The gate can be the regular fence gate covered with a lattice to
match. 
Within a year all signs of the fence will be gone.

Depending on your climate, fences can be very easy to camouflage.

Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
www.rogerhalstead.com

>I would like to get/make an anti-climb device for my tower.  It is a
70'
> motorized crank-up/pull-down tower by Tashjian Towers.  I won't be
able
> to clamp anything around the legs because of the moving contact points
> between the tower sections.  In addition, the motor, gear box, and
cable
> drum protrude at the bottom.  I was thinking that a sheet metal shield
> starting above the level of the motor, bear box, and drum might work,
> but am unsure how it could be attached without interfering with the
> moving parts of the tower.  A fence around the tower is out of the
> question for aesthetic reasons, therefore my only option is to fence
in
> the back yard.  Does anyone figured out how to make an anti-climb
device
> for such a tower?
>
> Craig, AE7I
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