[TowerTalk] Looking for tower advice

[john at kk9a.com]

I have owned a few Universal towers. W0RK is looking for something that he
does not have to climb plus he has a small yard. Laying down a 30' tower
with a mast and beam in a cleared area takes a fair amount of room.
Depending on the load on top it may not be that easy to walk up into the
vertical position.

John KK9A


KK0SD wrote:

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