Here in on the lava side of the Big Island of Hawaii, the power company
installs at 10% of the length of the pole plus 2 feet.
73, Aloha
Ted Leaf, K6HI
Kona, Hawaii
<tleaf@hotmail.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 1999 18:44:47 +0300
From: "Eric Scace" <scace@uu.net>
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Installing telephone poles
Commercial practice is to bury 1/3rd the length of the pole in
the ground.
5 feet doesn't sound right to me, but I am not an engineer.
Call your local
power company -- a quick conversation with one of their
engineers will help
you.
- -- Eric K3NA
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