[TowerTalk] Tower and antenna decisions

[Jim Smith]

Have you looked at the Glenmartin Hazer?  It's a carriage that runs up 
and down the outside of Rohn 25 like an elevator.  You mount your 
rotator, mast, bearing and yagi on the carriage.  Now you can winch the 
carriage up to 50 ft or down to a few feet above ground level.

Jim	VE7FO

On 2013-10-24 10:04, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> Doesn't adding a long mast put the antenna out of reach from your roof?
>
> John KK9A
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> To:	towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject:	 [TowerTalk] Tower and antenna decisions
> From:	 Avery Davis <avery at mindspring.com>
> Date:	 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 21:10:24 -0700
>
> Due to my small city lot and modest budget, and my need to have a tower
> I don't have to climb, I have been looking very hard at the short
> crank-up towers from US Tower.  My thought is to install one next to my
> single-story flat-roofed house, and I could do much of the antenna
> installation and maintenance work just standing on the roof.  My dilemma
> is over which antenna and tower to choose.  My top choice for an antenna
> is the HyGain TH-11DX, but the only one of the short towers that would
> hold it safely is the TMM-433HD, which would put the antenna about 34
> feet high.  If I got the tallest tower in this series, the TMM-541SS, I
> could put a 15' mast on top to get an antenna nearly 50 feet high, but
> it would have to be a smaller antenna like a HexBeam.  So, I am hoping
> for advice from Hams who have been there, done that.
> Which is better:
> TH-11DX at 34 feet?
> HexBeam at 50 feet?
>
> 73,
> Avery, WB4RTP
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