[ARRL-OK] Antenna tower expertise

[Patrick Greenlee]

OOPS

My email is patrick_g at windstream.net

-----Original Message----- 
From: Patrick Greenlee
Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 8:52 AM
To: ARRL-OK at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [ARRL-OK] Antenna tower expertise

I am interested in installing some antenna towers and to date the only 
install I have personally accomplished is a Hy-Gain Hy-Tower which was 
intended to be ground mounted free standing on a cubic yard of concrete with 
a plethora of radials.  It is currently working well atop the roof ridge of 
one of my all metal barns with no concrete involved, a custom base mount, a 
4-way Phillystran guy system at the 24 ft level, and no radials.

As I hope to use these towers partly for ARES I thought it would make sense 
to appeal for some Elmering here via this venue. I am refurbishing  a 
crank-up/tilt-over tower comprised of 2 each 20 ft sections and as a 
separate project will be repurposing the bottom two 20 ft sections of what 
was a 100 ft tower (over 14 feet leg to leg) that originally held a wind 
generator (prior to being destroyed by gyroscopic forces not adequately 
allowed for in its design.) I hope to use the HD 40 ft tall by 14+ bottom 
sections as the base on which to mount yet another crank-up tower.

I will start recovering the big base 40 footer this coming Monday by 
clearing decades of brush and trees currently intertwined in the lower X 
braces. I would appreciate any advice I can use as I have only climbed 
towers and never installed any other than as mentioned above. Of special 
interest are thoughts on piers to secure the legs of the 40 ft X 14+ foot 
bottom section.  Two of its legs are attached to their respective piers via 
pivots so the tower can be tilted up and down. I intend to disassemble the 
tower from the top down with air driven impact tools and after cleaning and 
painting will assemble it on the ground to be tilted up.

Ib m not entirely familiar with the appropriate b 
netiquetteb 
 here but will 
solicit direct emails until or unless advised otherwise by competent 
authority,

73 and thanks in advance for any consideration,

Patrick AF5CK

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