[Cliffdwellers] Antenna Restrictions

Mon Jan 7 19:59:52 EST 2013

  Hi Eldon and Group: Too bad you are not in Canada... Ultimately, antennas and towers fall (no pun intended) under federal law. Any Amateur being pushed around by land-lords, neighbours, condo associations, etc have been known to back off once they are made aware of the truth. My last tower, a Trylon T-500 64' free standing, tri-band/20, 15, 10m and 40m beams, a HD tower, in a well established single family residential neighbourhood, a rotatable Flag and Pennant on the back lawn and a T2FD  off the tower top to a 6x6" 20' post. Both beams hung over neighbours and city property. Not a word from neighbours, the city or the county!!! I assembled the tower (flat) on the backyard RV pad, a crane came picked it up, we bolted it to the base stubs, I climbed to release the hook, done. The concrete base was 6' cubic, one face of the tower at the base 4', a $15,000 tower. The ONLY issue, the tower (like garages, sheds, etc) must be 3' from property lines. I dug that 6x6x6' hole myself with a shovel, placed the rebar cage and poured concrete with the concrete truck.
  For some receive antenna ideas, check out, www.hard-core-dx.com Hopefully, the list picks up, there are some brilliant Amateurs out there with great, proven, limited/hidden transmit antennas. Good luck, 73

                                                                                                                                                                         Joe Talbot
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