[TowerTalk] Tower Conundrum

[Alan Zack]

I would recommend Heights Towers.  I recently purchased and installed 
a 45 ft free standing crank-up/fold-over Heights Tower.  I needed 90 
MPH wind calcs in order to get my Bldg permit and Drake at Heights got 
them to me in about a weeks time.  I had many questions during the 
period of drilling my hole in the ground for the base and the final 
adjustment of the fold over arms adjustment.  I had a local contractor 
who installs Cel phone towers for a living help me with the concrete 
work and setting up the tower as well as the city bldg inspector both 
commenting on the quality of the tower and the workmanship putting it 
together.  Latest notable contacts with this tower and a measly MA5B 
mini-beam were both VU4RBI and VU4NRO on Andaman Island on 20 mtrs 
before the tsunami hit.
Check them out at:
  www.heightstowers.com
73 & GL


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Powell" <whp at att.net>
> To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 5:54 PM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Tower Conundrum
> 
> 
> I'm finally getting around to erecting a tower but have run into an
> unanticipated issue.
> I already have a brand new HDBX-48 which would suit my needs perfectly
> except...
> 
> The township PERMITS (already zoned, no battles with the neighbors, no
> hearings and lawsuits...) amateur radio towers up to 75' in height as
> normal, permitted accessory structures providing that:
>  - the tower be set back at least 1:1 from the nearest property line,
>  - the tower be located in the back yard: behind a line formed by the
> rearmost point of the main structure.
> 
> It's the second condition that gets me as I had intended to place the HDBX
> along the garage at the roof peak - essentially in the side yard.  Erected
> there, I'd have enough clear space to construct and raise the tower as well
> as to be able to easily clear boom and elements of the antennas from the one
> nearby tree.
> That same tower, located in the "back" yard poses a problem in that it's too
> low: the antennas would catch in 2 different trees and I will NOT remove ANY
> trees.
> 
> So...  It looks like I'm destined to put up a 70' - 75' monster instead of a
> modest 48' tower.  So much for zoning meeting the needs of the citizens in
> the community...
> 
> First question is what other free-standing (NO guys - NO "house" brackets)
> 70'+ towers exist besides AN and Trylon?  Please don't loose sight of the
> fact that I work for a living and have to be able to afford to put antennas
> and a rotor on it too!
> 
> So far, the AN looks very nice but the advertised price is simply outta the
> ball-park.
> Trylon just doesn't turn me on with their construction and complete lack of
> pre-sales technical
>  data.
> I have heard runors that Rohn will do a "deal" with hams but have NO
> supportive data.
> Does the "One Man Tower" really exist in the US?
> 
> Constructive suggestions and ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> Bill - WB1GOT
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Alan Zack
Amateur Radio Station K7ACZ
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Quality Engineer, The Boeing Company, Retired
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