[TowerTalk] New QTH new Tower

[W4LDE-Ron]

Alan,

Yes, I do now live  in Seminole cty just outside of Orlando, I have at 
this location a TA-33 up 45 ft on a Rohn tower, been through four 
Hurricanes with very high winds and have had zero problems (Knock on 
wood).  The new QTH to be, is up in Georgia abt 40 miles south of 
Atlanta, where the xyl wants to relocate to, has CCR's which I have got 
changed to accommodate a ham antenna, went for the gusto and asked for a 
tower and a beam plus wires up in the trees.   Builder has agreed to dig 
and pour the base, run underground conduits to the base from the home, 
abt 150 ft away, now I just have to figure out what tower will work best 
for the neighborhood.  The MA-550 or some other equivalent is probably 
what I will end up with, got lots of great suggestions so far.  Thanks 
for the input

Ron W4LDE


Alan NV8A wrote:

> I put up an HDX-555 + tilt-over to support a 3-el. SteppIR, but I was 
> allowing for an upgrade to the 4-el. and to the 30/40 add-on. plus the 
> addition of VHF/UHF antennas. This county may experience wind speeds 
> of 80mph or more; I see your current QTH is Seminole County, FL, where 
> wind speeds may exceed 100mph. Does the city or county building dept. 
> have any say in what you put up?
>
> Alan NV8A
>
>
> On 04/29/07 03:28 pm W4LDE-Ron wrote:
>
>> As a new member to the group I am looking for some advice, looks like 
>> a move is in the workings and I have received approval from the 
>> Architectural board at the new QTH to place a crank up tower on the 
>> back of my new property, nested at about 22ft and rising to about 
>> 55ft when in use. I will need, due to age, a till over for work on a 
>> beam.
>>
>> I will be installing either a SteppIR 3-el (42# and 6.1sq ft wind 
>> load) or a Sommer XP-506 (71# and 11sq ft wind load) on the top. I 
>> have looked at the MA-550 and TX-455 line of towers but I would 
>> appreciate any suggestions or recommendations you might provide.
>>
>> May try to support a center feed zepp for 80-40-30 from the tower but 
>> the 1.5 acres has lots of trees, the builder will be clearing an area 
>> for the tower in the back section of trees, that’s an additional 
>> question on how much should I clear, I am lucky that I got the 
>> approval and thus I want to keep things out of sight as much as I 
>> can. Ideas please
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