[TowerTalk] Long pole / simple, tall construction for small antenna

[Herbert Schoenbohm]

Consider small telephone poles...sometimes the used ones that are 
damaged or compromised by the ground can be sawed off, treated, and 
replanted with successful results. Expect to pay about $150 for the turn 
key price of the digger truck and delivery, including the surplus pole 
for a 30 footer.


Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ

On 10/27/2014 8:38 AM, ve4xt at mymts.net wrote:
> Hi
>
> I think your solution is financial, not mechanical.
>
> Sign up customers needing towers with a fixed-term contract into which you incorporate the cost of the tower into the monthly rate.
>
> Here, some wireless broadband providers set a monthly rate assuming everyone needs a tower and build the cost of the towers into their business plan.
>
> You also need to talk to your insurance provider. Not sure how tort law works in Norway, but here, a tower failure without liability insurance could be a fatal blow to the business. That insurance would also have to be built in to the business model.
>
> Kelly
> ve4xt
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Oct 27, 2014, at 6:02, "Vegard Svanberg" <vegard at svanberg.no> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks, all!
>>
>> Really helpful.
>>
>> I'll post back when I've something up running.
>>
>> * Vegard Svanberg <vegard at svanberg.no> [2014-10-26 16:54]:
>>
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> I work in broadband and from time to time we have customers we want to
>>> hook up, but we're unable to gain a free line of sight from the customer
>>> to the nearest tower.
>>>
>>> There must be a free LOS, which means no trees, branches, mountains,
>>> buildings etc.
>>>
>>> The most problematic cases are when people live in areas surrounded by
>>> trees.
>>>
>>> Since cost is an issue here, we can't build towers for each and every
>>> one. But I'm considering a low cost solution to get the antenna higher
>>> in the air - often as much as 20 meters (about 65-70 feet) is required
>>> to gain proper LOS.
>>>
>>> So... I'm considering making a simple, cheap and tall construction.
>>> I've been pondering either just putting together cheap and thin
>>> aluminium tubes with guyings to stiffen the construction, or have
>>> someone make something for me in composite materials. For instance poles
>>> I can insert into one another to get the length (height) I need, also
>>> here with guyings.
>>>
>>> Apart from the pole itself, an issue is also proper anchoring in the
>>> ground (rocky ground is easy, obviously, while sandy and muddy soil
>>> could be tricky).
>>>
>>> The weight of the antennas are only about 400 grams and the surface area
>>> is small (HxW = ~300 x ~80 mm) so we're talking pretty light and simple
>>> stuff here.
>>>
>>> Before I go ahead and start constructing this myself, I was just
>>> wondering if someone here has done something similar before, or know
>>> someone who sell ready-made kits I can buy.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Vegard Svanberg <vegard at svanberg.no> [*Takapa at IRC (EFnet)]
>>>
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