[TowerTalk] New tower questions

[Thomas Noel]

Gamer One,

When you do your estimates and planning for the needed height, don’t forget to add in the Fresnel zone for the line of sight. You must have a “long football" shaped clear path for good signal. Trees or other objects intruding into that fresnel zone will degrade your signal. Look it up.

Thomas W Noel
KF7RSF

> On Jun 28, 2017, at 12:24 PM, Gamer One <zerogow1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone. I am new to the mailing list, and I am glad I now have a
> resource to look over for all the question I have.
> 
> I work in IT and have been doing so for more than 20 years now. I have
> purchased a new home in the woods which is paradise except for the lack of
> "reasonable" internet, that is to say, there is none provided by any wired
> services. I suppose many of you know of what I speak :)
> 
> There is a small wisp in my area which provides internet. However, I need
> to construct a tower which can get above the tree line in order to gain
> line of sight. Most of the woods I own are established hardwoods;
> therefore, the trees are tall.
> 
> I have used a drone to get above the tree line and see the tower I need to
> connect to. I also know, via range finder, that the drone was approximately
> 100 feet up.
> 
> So, I need to determine what sort of tower I need to get in order to
> support a 2 foot antenna. I prefer the look of a self supporting tower.
> There are so many manufacturers of towers that I simply do not know where
> to begin.
> 
> Additionally, I have been told that up to 100 feet requires no permit and
> anything above does. I think I may go 150 feet just for future proofing and
> for the potential of using this tower for other antennas in the future. I
> can do some of the work myself and also hire out things I can't or don't
> want to do.
> 
> What I really need help with is determining what type of ss tower I need to
> be looking for.
> 
> Also, I am wondering if tower pieces/sections can be purchased separately
> and then put together to gain height. Obviously, I am referring to
> purchasing identical tower parts i.e. Rohn 55G tower sections, etc.
> 
> Should I go for a complete tower package or is finding the proper sections
> separately and then putting them all together an option as well? I do not
> have to rush this project, so I am able to take my time finding what I need.
> 
> Thank you all for the help and time it takes to answer these questions!
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