[TowerTalk] tower restrictions

[George VE3YV]

Jesus -

A thought is to roof mount your antennas with some sort of roof tower.  
The 27' foot limit is for a free standing structure - what is the 
restriction on height above an existing structure?  Also you could 
consider a crank up that nests below the max height.  Your antenna plans 
are great, but downsizing doesn't necessarily sacrifice  competitiveness. 

I have no choice and use a C3S on a 15.5' wide lot on my roof  and a 
trapped dipole slung over the roof - pictures attached.  Performance?  
DXCC on 7 bands, next new DXCC puts me on honour roll - barefoot.
 
Bottom line - don't consider antenna limitations an insurmountable 
problem - its an opportunity to be a better operator - think of how the 
guys with stacks and kilowatts feel when you're in there with them!   
Since you can't have all of the antennas, invest the money instead in a 
better rig and enjoy!

73,  George VE3YV / K8HI

Message: 6
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 16:11:46 -0700
From: "Jesus Castro II" <kc6pmt at hotmail.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Best choices for 27' height limit. Suggestions
	please?
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My dreams were crushed when I called the City Planning Office where Im going 
to build a station and the man said the height limit was 27'. The future 
site is a typical city lot.  It looks like I can no longer put up a stack of 
C3's and a 2 el 40m.

I would like your thoughts on my best options to build the best station for 
10-160 that's possible under these devistating peramiters.

Thanks all

Jesus - KC6PMT