Josh:
Whatever you do with antennas, assume one thing - That electric supply
wire is lethal! Don't fling an antenna or guy wire across it, even
temporarily! Make sure your tower, if you go that way, doesn't have a
chance of falling on the wire, either when you're putting it up or if it
were to fall down.
As K1TTT wrote you, there was a recent fatality involving a new ham who
was killed putting up his Dayton-new antenna earlier this week. It fell
onto the power line supplying his house. Check out
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2001/05/22/3/?nc=1 .
Maybe you can get the local utility to relocate your wire to the side
of your yard, giving you more room back there. But the power wire is still
dangerous!!! Having the utility bury it would be preferred, but that'll
cost you $$.
Good luck - but please be careful.
73 de
Gene Smar AD3F
-----Original Message-----
From: Josh T <kb0gus@hotmail.com>
To: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Saturday, May 26, 2001 9:40 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] thoughts about property layout
>Ok.. I have a problem I hope you can help with. Below is a diagram of my
>property. If it doesn't show up right, then it's basically a rectangle
>property with about 150 ft deep by 75 feet. The problem is, that I have
the
>wire that feeds my house with electricity coming right through the middle
of
>my back yard. I have a 40 ft mast on the south side of the wire. I have a
>G5RV running just south of that wire from a tree in my front yard (X) to a
>tree in my back yard (X). I would like to put up more wire antennas and
>another mast or tower. I would like to take advantage of my existing mast
>and a lot of land I have open to the north of the wire.
>
>I guess my question is: Is there any way to take full advantage of my large
>lot with more wire antennas without crossing the electrical wire?
>
>What about a tower? a rohn 25 is about all I could afford... Or another
>mast? Guy wires would have to cross the electrical wire...
>
>The electrical wire is insulated... Am I being too cautions about this??
>
>Thanks in advance for your thoughts and ideas.
>
>Josh - KB0GUS
>
>
> 149 ft
>_________________________
>| |
>| __ ___|
>| 96 ft | |___|
>|_________________| | | 70ft
>| wire | | X| X = tree
>| |__| |
>| X |
>--------------------------
>_________187 ft__________________
>
>more electrical wire
>
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