[TowerTalk] Tower location and house noise

[Bob Shohet, KQ2M]

There are many good reasons for locating a tower away from the shack.  Potential noise reduction (several different types of potential noise) is one of them.
Even better if you can locate the tower in the null of where the antennas are usually pointing.  For Northeastern stations who will point their antennas at EU ~ 45 degrees  in the “good” years, it is better your shack can be located at 225 degrees or at the nulls – roughly 45 degrees from 225 degrees in either direction, so 180 degrees and 270 degrees.  Of course that “null” depends on the patter or the antenna or the stack. 

73

Bob  KQ2M

From: RLVZ--- via TowerTalk 
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 8:06 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com 
Subject: [TowerTalk] Tower location and house noise

Guys,
 
I'm wondering if some of you locate your tower(s) away from the  shack for 
the single purpose of minimizing man made  noises?  I have K9YC's material 
on reducing man made noises but I  haven't had a lot of success.  I'll soon 
be constructing a new  tower and am wondering if it's worth placing the tower 
a 100' from the  shack in hopes of reducing man made noises?
 
Thanks & 73,
 
Dick- K9OM