[TowerTalk] Antenna Windload Ratings & Tower Windload ratings

[Roger (K8RI) on TT]

Dade County brings to mind, that there are many coastal areas and well 
inland from those areas where insurance is unobtainable, or so expensive 
as to be almost unobtainable which makes me wonder how people can afford 
to build in those areas as borrowing money on building a new house 
requires insurance.

73, Roger (K8RI)


On 6/14/2017 Wednesday 5:59 AM, Ed Sawyer wrote:
> In many states, including Vermont, the regulations regarding non-commercial
> use towers and antennas (ham towers) do not apply.  TA-222-G is clearly a
> commercial standard, not a building code for all uses.
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> The process of applying for and receiving a permit to build a tower is part
> of the residential - auxiliary structure definition.  So if such
> requirements were to be applied to ham towers, the equivalent would also
> have to be applied to all construction of residential houses as well - in my
> opinion.  Municipalities cannot discriminate against ham towers by applying
> standards out of context of the zoning use.
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> Such things have started, I believe, in very hurricane prone areas such as
> Dade County Florida and of course ham towers would be no exception.
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> As was stated, don't confuse engineering with marketing.  I agree.  And
> would add, don't confuse regulations and in what circumstances they are
> applied with engineering.
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> Ed  N1UR
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Roger (K8RI)


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