OK. I asked awhile ago, receiving no definitive answer, "When does a mast
become a tower, and, vice versa?".
If I were on any committee and someone came up with "antenna support
structure" I would immediately have a red flag raised higher than any
tower! Some legal begal has been here, what are they trying to hide? If
the non-desript verbage fit in well with the other hard to understand legal
begal verbage (I worked for lawyers in a technical capacity for awhile so
understand a bit of this), then it might fly, ie be hidden, however, it is
a big red mark.
My dictionary describes
mast as a long pole of wood or steel set upright to support the sails
and rigging of a ship
2 any upright pole, flag mast, a TV mast, (so why not a radio mast?)
tower as a high structure that may be completely walled in, or may
consist only of a framework of metal or wood, .... ... 2 a fortress 3 a
very tall building
I would try using mast first then antenna support, simpler the better.
Chris opr VE7HCB
At 11:06 AM 2002-05-21 -0400, K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
>... (BTW the guys in the Tower Legal Forum at Dayton said
>to use the term "antenna support structure" when talking to the local
>building authorities and governments since 'tower' has a more negative
>connotation.)
>
>Cheers,
>Steve K7LXC
>TOWER TECH
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