[Boatanchors] TOWER ERECTION

[RAY FRIESS]

A while ago I was looking through some old QST, 73, and CQ mags. I was looking for tower tips and came across an article by a ham who stood his 30 footer on the ground against his house. He simply sat the tower on a thick sturdy wooden plank on the ground and then bracketed and guyed it to the house.  He had a tribander on it.

> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 16:59:28 +0000
> To: W4AWM at aol.com; boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] TOWER ERECTION
> From: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
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> Burying a portion of a section in concrete has been the "norm" for decades!  However, special attention does have to be made such as having at least 6-inches of gravel at the bottom of the hole for drainage, the shape of the hole which needs to be "flared" outward at the bottom, and so forth.
> Now, just burying a section in the soil is a definite "no no"! Glen, K9STH
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> Website: http://k9sth.net
>       From: John via Boatanchors <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
>  To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net 
>  Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 7:33 PM
>  Subject: [Boatanchors] TOWER ERECTION
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>  
> Check your local codes before starting the project.  They may have  
> specific requirements for bases depending on height, guying, type of soil, etc.  
> Better safe than sorry.  
>  
> Burying a tower section for use as a base is not a good idea.  Eventually 
> corrosion and chemicals will take their toll.
>  
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