[TowerTalk] Planning tool query

[David McKenzie]

Try Google Sketchup instead of autocad to draw it all out. Go through the
included tutorials or check youtube for an idea how to use it. Once you get
the hang of it it's quite a handy tool.

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 1:05 PM, David Gilbert <xdavid at cis-broadband.com>wrote:

>
> PowerPoint should work fine.  It isn't exact (and neither will anything
> else be when you take into account antenna elements blowing in the
> wind), but it would easily be accurate enough for what you want.  Just
> use the ruler scales to proportion your tower/guys/antennas and move
> them around until you get what you want.
>
> 73,
> Dave   AB7E
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> Dick Dievendorff wrote:
> > I'm contemplating my first guyed tower with side-mounted antennas.
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> > What sorts of planning tools do people use to determine if the antennas
> of
> > various turning radii will clear guy wires?
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> > In my planning efforts I'll be contemplating several "what if" sorts of
> > questions. I think I can do this with (a lot of) graph paper and a spread
> > sheet and some basic trig, but I'm hoping for something that might be
> more
> > visual.
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> > I don't want to spend $4K on an AutoCad license.
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> >
> > Dick, K6KR
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