[TowerTalk] Newbie with tower

[K7LXC at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/5/2007 4:23:44 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:

>  Hello All, I just purchased a house with a nice 25'  tower.  The building
inspector told me that the 2 straps that hold the  tower to my chimney has to
go because the chimney is moving when there is a  lot of wind. It is on
picture # 7 and # 8 on the link bellow. My question  is: are the two bracket
on picture #2, # 4 and # 5 good enough to hold this  tower alone?  If you
look at picture # 1, you will see how it is  mounted to the ground. Also, can
you please tell me what kind of antenna's  CB or HAM, do I have on that tower
( I know one is a TV Yagi ) and what  kind of tower is that?  Here are the
pictures:  http://profile.imageshack.us/user/intravino/  


         I couldn't tell of  there was any concrete for the base. 
 
        Yes, don't use the chimney.  It doesn't have any strength to speak of 
- it's basically just a heavy pile of  organized bricks.
 
        Your housebrackets are  pretty small without a lot of structural 
rigidity. Although your tower is  lightly loaded, it is under-engineered. I 
personally wouldn't climb it as is. If  this tower has been up for awhile, I'd say 
you've been lucky.
 
Cheers,
Steve     K7LXC
TOWER TECH -
Professional tower services for hams



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