[TowerTalk] Looking for tower advice

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

US Tower and others make a nice crank up pole that would work very 
well.  How about a house bracketed Rohn 25 or 45?

On 3/8/2021 4:58 PM, Ron Gorski wrote:
> Be advised that I had a 72ft Heights aluminum tower that was self supporting
> till it snapped 4ft from ground level. That was decades ago. The moral to my
> story is NO MORE ALUMINUM TOWERS.
> Ron N9AU
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Gary
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2021 10:41 PM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Looking for tower advice
>
> Kelley,
>
> 	I have no experience with but, have always been intrigued by
> Universal Towers aluminum tower. They seem like a practical solution for the
> small lot little pistol station. The price seem reasonable too.
> https://www.universaltowers.com/towers
>
> 73,
> Joe kk0sd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Kelley
> Sent: Monday, March 8, 2021 3:34 PM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Looking for tower advice
>
> 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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