G1LVN wrote:
What if you don't have a pavement at the front of the dwelling (serious
question). Incidentally none of the antennas are visable from the front
of my "dwelling" (it looks like a tall ship race at the back mind) so I
guess I am ok.

Well, the Planning Enforcement Officer must make a determination of
which side of your house is the front, and view the house from standing
at least 6ft from your boundary.


Can I insist that my neighbour removes the two 80 foot oak trees he has
grown in his garden?


Possibly not, but you may erect an 80ft mast and almost certainly gain
approved planning, since stating that he has two 80ft trees next door
will allow you to maintain that the visual impact of your tower/antennas
various, will not be over-powering to the local area. ;-)

M5WJF

Thanks for that. Pretty useful those trees then. There are a number of
large trees in the village and have to be very big to survive the winds
at this altitude. Not sure how a tower would fair up here - and
probably not necessary according to some coverage map simulations I've
been doing - http://home.btconnect.com/g1lvn/eqso/maps/

G1LVN wrote:
Thanks for that. Pretty useful those trees then. There are a number of
large trees in the village and have to be very big to survive the winds
at this altitude. Not sure how a tower would fair up here - and
probably not necessary according to some coverage map simulations I've
been doing - http://home.btconnect.com/g1lvn/eqso/maps/


Interesting projections/simulations, how did you make these maps?

I'm interested in producing maps of such detail for various locations
across the West Midlands Region.

M5WJF

http://home.btconnect.com/g1lvn/eqso/coverage.htm

has links to coverage map software from VE2DBE and "G8GTZ how to get
started guide". The G8GTZ stuff is essentially because it's a bugger to
get the altitude date for the UK loaded in.

Takes a while to get it working, but once you have mastered it the
worlds your lobster. It's all freeware as well - works as well as lot
of commercial stuff which costs thousands of pounds
Regards
Gareth
www.g1lvn.org.uk

G1LVN wrote:
http://home.btconnect.com/g1lvn/eqso/coverage.htm

has links to coverage map software from VE2DBE and "G8GTZ how to get
started guide". The G8GTZ stuff is essentially because it's a bugger to
get the altitude date for the UK loaded in.

Takes a while to get it working, but once you have mastered it the
worlds your lobster. It's all freeware as well - works as well as lot
of commercial stuff which costs thousands of pounds
Regards
Gareth
www.g1lvn.org.uk


Thanks Gareth.

73 de Wayne M5WJF

Have a look at what G3TVU of Derby Raynet did. I have a feeling you may
want to do something similar.
http://www.cplus.org/rmw/ian/Walk%20best%20sites.htm

G1LVN wrote:
Have a look at what G3TVU of Derby Raynet did. I have a feeling you may
want to do something similar.
http://www.cplus.org/rmw/ian/Walk%20best%20sites.htm


A lot of work it seems (at least in working out how to use the software
initially), particularly as several applications appear to be used in a
modular fashion, I'll have to take a look at it in more depth in a few
days time.

I do something similar to this when producing MeteorSat-8 Imagery from
HRIT Data.

M5WJF