[TowerTalk] Tower in NC Woods

[Randy Farmer]

Wilson, what you say pretty much sums up the way I'm currently thinking. 
I ain't moving again, that's for sure. When I go out of this house, it 
will be toes first, or at worst in a wheelchair. I'm leaning toward just 
finding a beefier tower to replace the TX-455 that will handle the 
bigger antenna load and putting it up where the TX-455 was going to go. 
I really appreciate all the responses I've received on this topic, 
whether on or off the reflector. You TowerTalk folks are awesome.

73...
Randy, W8FN

On 8/19/2020 9:09 PM, Wilson Lamb wrote:
> I think it's too much trouble.  I know the feeling of wanting something neat, but...
> Just how badly do you want those few extra, short, QSOs?
> Cut trees, build road, haul equipment, lay lines, hurt your back,  hope nothing breaks, do maintenance, pay help?
> I say put up the best thing you can on the tower you have and enjoy it.
> The sunspots are coming back and condx will be better for several years.
> It sounds like you  like the spot, so you don't want to move again?
> And you  like the wife enough to give in on the yard, so there's probably not going to be a change there either?
> Seriously, there's so much to read. so much amazing video on Youtube, and so much wine to drink that a big tower has little appeal for me.
> Imagine how much you could learn by building some neat solid state equipment!
> I have room and wife doesn't care, but a 40' tower (bracketed to my chimney), and tribander, plus wires, of course, does me fine.
> Then there's remote radio.  You can operate a superstation and pretend it's yours, but you don't have to fix it!
> If you have tall trees you can likely do 160 better with them than with a tower.
> My T top vertical (using trees) with raised radials is killer and really needs Beverages to get full performance.  People hear me that I can't hear.
> 73,
> Wilson
> W4BOH