[TowerTalk] Tower in the woods?

[Jim Brown]

On 8/19/2020 11:29 AM, Randy Farmer wrote:
> I really want to go with a tower that allows me to maintain the antennas 
> and rotator from ground level.

That's one approach, but I've been well served by skilled ham climbers 
who climb safely and know far more than I do rigging and wiring 
antennas, and I'd bet that what I've paid them over the years is a lot 
less that the fold-over project that you're envisioning that involves 
building a road!

For the last few years, Hector Garcia, XE2K/AD6D has been doing my work, 
and I just hired a local, K3RRY, to rig a cell phone repeater. Hector is 
based in Yuma, AZ, and travels extensively. The massive W7RN station is 
one of his clients. As part of NCCC ground crews, I've watched expert 
work by K7LXC and K7NV. Posting here will surely yield more recommendations.

BTW -- I also hire tree climbers to rig and maintain the high wires in 
my trees. NI6T gave me good advice by repeating his mistake of topping a 
redwood, clamping a section of Rohn 25 to it, and mounting HF Yagis to 
the the tower section. The problem, he noted, was that while the tree 
was free, the guys he could hire to climb it had no clue about what to 
do when the got up there, as to good tower climbers who nearly always do,

73, Jim K9YC