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Towers - lattice vs. tubular?
I'm starting to look for a 55' freestanding tower with house wall
bracket. Am undecided on a lattice type or tubular. Being an old geezer I am not interested in the standard lattice type which requires climbing, but a nestable type to be raised and lowered by a crank or motor. I figure if it can be lowered I could work on it from the roof of my one story house. Main antenna would be a Cushcraft A4S 4-element or equivalent - wind area abt 4 sq ft. Not sure I could handle the huge X7 Big Thunder and its 7.9 sq ft., although that would be ideal. Any first hand experience or recommendations? Marv W5MTV |
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Towers - lattice vs. tubular?
"MTV" wrote in message ... I'm starting to look for a 55' freestanding tower with house wall bracket. Am undecided on a lattice type or tubular. Being an old geezer I am not interested in the standard lattice type which requires climbing, but a nestable type to be raised and lowered by a crank or motor. I figure if it can be lowered I could work on it from the roof of my one story house. Main antenna would be a Cushcraft A4S 4-element or equivalent - wind area abt 4 sq ft. Not sure I could handle the huge X7 Big Thunder and its 7.9 sq ft., although that would be ideal. Any first hand experience or recommendations? Marv W5MTV About all that I can recommend is nt to do it like a local ham. His tower is next to his house, but he can not put an antenna on it from the roof and has to rent a bucket truck or a one man lift to get to the antenna. Seems he put it at the side of the house and the angle of the roof is too much to get the antenna boom from the roof to the tower. He only had a 3 element triband bean and tehn replaced it with the Stepper 3 element and still has the same problem. He does have a tower that can be lowered, but it does not do him much good for that reason. |
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Ralph Mowery wrote:
"MTV" wrote in message ... I'm starting to look for a 55' freestanding tower with house wall bracket. Am undecided on a lattice type or tubular. Being an old geezer I am not interested in the standard lattice type which requires climbing, but a nestable type to be raised and lowered by a crank or motor. I figure if it can be lowered I could work on it from the roof of my one story house. Main antenna would be a Cushcraft A4S 4-element or equivalent - wind area abt 4 sq ft. Not sure I could handle the huge X7 Big Thunder and its 7.9 sq ft., although that would be ideal. Any first hand experience or recommendations? Marv W5MTV About all that I can recommend is nt to do it like a local ham. His tower is next to his house, but he can not put an antenna on it from the roof and has to rent a bucket truck or a one man lift to get to the antenna. Seems he put it at the side of the house and the angle of the roof is too much to get the antenna boom from the roof to the tower. He only had a 3 element triband bean and tehn replaced it with the Stepper 3 element and still has the same problem. He does have a tower that can be lowered, but it does not do him much good for that reason. Thanks for the info. I notice that the tubular and lattice towers nest at 22' & 21'. My roof hgt is abt 16' at the peak on the ends, but only 12' on long side - where I want the tower. Might have to rethink my placement. Or use a bucket truck, or tilt the tower on the base hinge when mounting antenna. Marv |
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Towers - lattice vs. tubular?
Here is how I do it. There is much more to do but it is
operational...No climbing! http://dixienc.us/TiltOverGadget/TiltOverGadget.mht John Ferrell W8CCW On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:13:07 -0600, MTV wrote: I'm starting to look for a 55' freestanding tower with house wall bracket. Am undecided on a lattice type or tubular. Being an old geezer I am not interested in the standard lattice type which requires climbing, but a nestable type to be raised and lowered by a crank or motor. I figure if it can be lowered I could work on it from the roof of my one story house. Main antenna would be a Cushcraft A4S 4-element or equivalent - wind area abt 4 sq ft. Not sure I could handle the huge X7 Big Thunder and its 7.9 sq ft., although that would be ideal. Any first hand experience or recommendations? Marv W5MTV |
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Thanks for the idea, John,
Marv John Ferrell wrote: Here is how I do it. There is much more to do but it is operational...No climbing! http://dixienc.us/TiltOverGadget/TiltOverGadget.mht John Ferrell W8CCW On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:13:07 -0600, MTV wrote: I'm starting to look for a 55' freestanding tower with house wall bracket. Am undecided on a lattice type or tubular. Being an old geezer I am not interested in the standard lattice type which requires climbing, but a nestable type to be raised and lowered by a crank or motor. I figure if it can be lowered I could work on it from the roof of my one story house. Main antenna would be a Cushcraft A4S 4-element or equivalent - wind area abt 4 sq ft. Not sure I could handle the huge X7 Big Thunder and its 7.9 sq ft., although that would be ideal. Any first hand experience or recommendations? Marv W5MTV |
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"MTV" wrote in message ... Thanks for the idea, John, Marv John Ferrell wrote: Here is how I do it. There is much more to do but it is operational...No climbing! http://dixienc.us/TiltOverGadget/TiltOverGadget.mht John Ferrell W8CCW On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:13:07 -0600, MTV wrote: I'm starting to look for a 55' freestanding tower with house wall bracket. Am undecided on a lattice type or tubular. Being an old geezer I am not interested in the standard lattice type which requires climbing, but a nestable type to be raised and lowered by a crank or motor. I figure if it can be lowered I could work on it from the roof of my one story house. Main antenna would be a Cushcraft A4S 4-element or equivalent - wind area abt 4 sq ft. Not sure I could handle the huge X7 Big Thunder and its 7.9 sq ft., although that would be ideal. Any first hand experience or recommendations? Marv W5MTV Often helpful to just tilt it back with the antenna pointing up so that it will almost rest on the reflector element. This way you can still reach the driven element and do tuning and testing and feed point assembly. One of the tower manufacturers makes an MA40 tubular (40') with crank up and tilt over come-along arrangement and was very manageable from the ground. I.m sure 55' is available. |
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Towers - lattice vs. tubular?
I have found that the older I get the easier I need things to be!
This scheme I am working with allows one to stand on the ground in the array and do whatever. If I receive adequate warning of a coming ice storm or hurricane it is concievable to lower it all to a position of safety as well. John Ferrell W8CCW On Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:41:57 GMT, "JB" wrote: Often helpful to just tilt it back with the antenna pointing up so that it will almost rest on the reflector element. This way you can still reach the driven element and do tuning and testing and feed point assembly. One of the tower manufacturers makes an MA40 tubular (40') with crank up and tilt over come-along arrangement and was very manageable from the ground. I.m sure 55' is available. |
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http://dixienc.us/TiltOverGadget/TiltOverGadget.mht
A web site that doesn't support browsers other than Explorer ain't a web site. |
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Towers - lattice vs. tubular?
Sorry for the inconvenience. I was looking for the easiest way out
when I went to the .MHT format. What browsers do not handle .MHT's? It is rare that anyone tells me of a problem (may be they just don't bother?) and I want to keep things as simple as possible for all of us. I can go back to Front Page but it was a poor fit for me as well as a budget breaker! It is paid for now though! My attempt into .ASP was a lot of effort for zilch! On Sun, 7 Dec 2008 13:02:33 -0800, Anon bozo wrote: http://dixienc.us/TiltOverGadget/TiltOverGadget.mht A web site that doesn't support browsers other than Explorer ain't a web site. John Ferrell W8CCW |
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Towers - lattice vs. tubular?
Sorry for the inconvenience. I was looking for the easiest way out
when I went to the .MHT format. What browsers do not handle .MHT's? Firefox. Probably #2 most popular browser. I can go back to Front Page but it was a poor fit for me as well as a budget breaker! It is paid for now though! Isn't plain-ol' HTML sufficient? |
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