[TowerTalk] How far away from the shack for that mighty fine tower :-]

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

What I did was to build a separate 10x12 foot shack
close to the main 106 foot tower. Yes, an actual
radio shack, not a room in the house that you call
the shack.  Going forward, with remote operation
being easier all the time, I envision operating from
anywhere, and the shack becomes just a equipment
shelter, not an operating room.  I haven't quite
gotten to that status yet.  Prior to this, I operated
from a house that was 200 feet from the tower.
This distance was quite a hassle to deal with in
terms of wire.  There was also the issue with getting
all the wires through the wall of the house.
I ran the wires through 4 inch drainage pipe.  It
is corrugated, so it doesn't work well as conduit.
Wouldn't do that again.

Rick N6RK

On 1/8/2016 8:10 PM, dw wrote:
> I'm sure everyone has had to deal with this question.
> Your better half doesn't really want the property to look like
> antenna-ville.
> So then what are the issues with distance from the shack?
> Say 300 feet away?
> Perhaps this is where hard-line becomes earns its keep?
> And I would guess the best way is to bury it in some kind of plastic
> tubing like 4 inch drainage pipe?
>