[TowerTalk] Looking for tower advice

Kelley kelley at analogman.tech
Mon Mar 8 16:33:33 EST 2021


I recently moved to an new QTH. My yard is much smaller than my previous 
yard (2.5 acres versus about .3 acres). I've currently got an all-band 
dipole up but I've been thinking about a small tower. I've had towers at 
previous QTH's, but I'm looking for something smaller and easier to work 
with.

The city I live in restricts amateur towers to a maximum of 40 feet 
(somewhere around 30 feet would be good). Ideally, I'm looking for a 
setup that lets me work on antennas from the ground. I'm looking at 
installing a small tri-band beam (perhaps something like a Cushcraft 
A3S), rotor, a vhf/uhf vertical, and an inverted V wire antenna. It 
would have to be self-supporting (there's no room for guy wires). 
Something used is probably more inline with my budget.

Any thoughts, suggestions, recommendations, dos, don'ts...

Thanks,

Kelley w0rk



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