[TowerTalk] Tilt Up Tower

[Dan Schaaf]

Why not hinge the tower say 10 feet up and then put a counterpoise on the 
tower at the hinge point, then put into the ground next to the tower a 1 
foot diameter pipe imbedded 6 feet down in the ground. Use this like as is 
done in the EZ Tower . A friend of mine in Ft. Myers FL has done this for a 
40 ft tower with a log periodic on top. He uses a boat trailer winch to 
manually lower and raise the tower.

Dan Schaaf
K3ZXL
"In the Beginning there was Spark Gap"
www.k3zxl.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary "Joe" Mayfield" <gary_mayfield at hotmail.com>
To: "'Tower and HF antenna construction topics.'" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 9:36 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Tilt Up Tower


>I have an HDBX-48 that I hope to put up in a couple of months.  The base is
> designed to allow for the tower to be tilted up.  I am putting the tower
> near the house and do not have room for a falling derrick.  Rohn is very
> vague about tilting the tower up/down.
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> Anyone have some neat ideas or better yet pictures?
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> 73,
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> Joe kk0sd
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