[TowerTalk] new member with tower question

[Joe - WDØM]

Glad to help, Patrick - good luck with your project!

73,

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Joe Hannigan - WDØM
Pagosa Springs, CO

http://www.WD0M.com
http://www.pagosarocks.com
http://www.quiltqueen.net



Patrick J. Jankowiak wrote:
> That is something along the lines.. Thanks! I will talk to the engineer 
> about this kind of thing.
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> Patrick
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> Joe - WDØM wrote:
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>> I faced a similar problem - bedrock is just 6 inches under the soil on 
>> my 5 acres.  The subsurface rock is sandstone.  I put up a 55 foot UST 
>> TX-455 tower by placing about 4 feet of concrete on TOP of the bedrock, 
>> anchored by 25 rods cemented into the bedrock.  It's withstood 90 mph 
>> gusts, and works fine.  It's been there for almost 5 years.
>>
>> Your conditions may be far different, but there still could be a 
>> solution, as others have suggested.  You can see how I did it at:
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>> http://www.wd0m.com/
>>
>> Click on Ham Radio, then Tower Project.
>>
>> Good luck - hope to hear you on the air.
>>
>> 73
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