[TowerTalk] How far from the house?

[David Jordan]

If you live where there are potential ice storms you want the tower as 
far from the house as possible if for only one reason.  Chunks of ice 
falling off the tower make a lot of noise when they hit the roof over 
your bedroom and if those ice chunks are large enough they make big 
holes in your roof and ceiling.

Good Luck,
dave
wa3gin

Blake Bowers wrote:

>Ron Block is a "consultant" and he sells Polyphasers.
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>I won't say if he is good at it, or bad at it, I don't know.
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>I do know, that just about anyone can hang out a sign
>and declare themselfs a consultant, as well as write 
>articles for QST.
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>I also know, that R56 standards do not call for 25 feet
>of seperation between the building and the tower, 
>nor do any other published standards that I have seen.
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>I also know, that there are millions (literally) of towers
>put within 4-5 feet, if not closer, to homes, with no 
>coupling issues.
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>>My attention has just been drawn to the articles by Ron Block KB2UYT in 
>>QST June - August 2002 in which he says that the tower should be at 
>>least 25ft from the house to reduce magnetic coupling between the tower 
>>and the house wiring in the case of a lightning strike.
>>
>>Is this good advice? Would it be disastrous to locate the tower only, 
>>say, 10ft from the house?
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