[TowerTalk] Wood constructed tower

[Tim N9PUZ]

Roger White wrote:
> Back when I became a ham, towers were kind of rare and pricey. I saw a lot 
> of 30 to 40 ft. telephone poles used to support beams. Even then, they were 
> readily available for next to nothing. Problem is how to get them up 
> cheaply. I know one club whose repeater is on top of a 70 ft. pole that is 
> very sturdy and was a pretty big diameter at the top.
> 
> Roger W5RDW
> Murphy, Texas

There is a local ham here that had a pole installed to support the far 
end of his wire antenna. He said he bought it from a local electrical 
contractor who drilled it for the pulley, etc., dug the hole with 
gravel drainage and a ground cable pretty reasonably. He said the 
price came down a fair amount since he had them do the work at their 
convenience as a fill-in job when the week's work was done but the 
owner needed to keep the crew busy. It never hurts to ask!

Tim, N9PUZ