[TowerTalk] concrete bases for freestanding towers

[K8RI on TT]

On 5/14/2011 9:50 PM, W2RU - Bud Hippisley wrote:
> On May 14, 2011, at 9:29 PM, WA8JXM wrote:
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>> My concern with attaching a tower to the house is that if the tower moves back and forth just a slight bit in the wind, will that eventually loosen the framing on the house?
> Goodness!  What are you guys _putting_ on your house-bracketed towers?
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There was an article in QST some years back about reinforcing the wall 
of a home that had a tower bracketed to it.
Depending on the installation, the force exerted on the attach point can 
be quite substantial.

73

Roger (K8RI)

> Why would wind on a thin-member lattice tower and cylindrical-element antennas create more disturbance to framing than wind on a solid wall?
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> Bud, W2RU
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