[TowerTalk] Tower Build

[Patrick Greenlee]

Beg, borrow, steal, or buy "Up the Tower" a Ham's tower "Bible." Read it 
once fast and then reread the parts of interest or confusion.

Others may recommend alternate or additional reading.

Patrick    NJ5G

On 6/30/2015 6:30 PM, Daniel Hileman wrote:
> Hi Everyone...
> I am planning a tower build in about a year. Like to have someone tell me all the things to consider that I might not be, or point in the direction of a website that will. I live on 4 acres in N. Texas.
> Tower: AN Wireless  Probably HHD-70/80 or HD-70/80 (I do not want guy wires)
> Antenna(s): At this point considering an Optibeam 18-6
> or
> Hy-gain TH-11 and some sort of 2 element 40m Yagi (maybe a 2m vertical and/or 6m Yagi at top)
>
> ( A very large rotator like the prosistel PST-71D)
> I plan on having a professional company do the install.
>
> Any suggestions on the antennas? My operating habits are Rag chew....and casual contesting/DX-ing as I have young children at home and don't have time to be hard core! ;-)
> Thanks and 73,Dan N9WX
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