Hi guys,
I talked it over with the XYL and she said she does not care what I do
(within limits). She says just let her know when I am done!!! (After
all... she gets the kitchen she always wanted!! hehehehe)
After researching this alternative more, it seems that doing a roof tower
would be just fine. One of my concerns was drilling into the roof. When I
move someday, I did not know how that would affect the roof. Then I
remembered that I have extra shingles from when we had the new roof put on.
I have access to my attic (no problems there). No concrete to worry about
(unless I mounted this thing on the ground).
I think I may put this on my garage. The garage is only 5 feet lower than
my house. And the garage attic is way more accessible than my attic. The
garage is 14.9' high. If I go with the 26' Roof tower, that would put my
antenna at 40'! Which is what I would have wanted anyway! Of course, the
only issue would be that I would be limited to 9ft2 of antenna space. I
could go with a 17.5' on my house and that would put the antennas at about
36.9 feet. The antenna area would be increased as well. I would be able to
go with a C4SXL with that puppy! (Of course, will having a 40 Meter beam at
36.9 feet be effective over a dipole at the same height?)
I could go with the 26' on the house and that would put the antenna at 45'.
Would the extra 9' make a difference? (At the expense of 300.00 and lower
wind load).
I already have an MQ1 from TGM Communications that I can upgrade to an MQ34
for about 400.00. But for 550.00, I could get a Force 12 C3SS!! I also
have an 11 element 2M beam that I can use for FM simplex.
Now, to find out what the city has to say about this... heheheheheh
Thanks guys!
Jason Hissong
N8XE
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Ogden" <na9d@speakeasy.net>
To: "Jason Hissong" <jhisson1@columbus.rr.com>; <TOWERTALK@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] An idea...oh boy
> on 10/13/02 12:45 AM, Jason Hissong at jhisson1@columbus.rr.com wrote:
>
> > I think I found a good compromise solution for my tower quest. The city
> > wants me to go through alot to get the permits and being that I am a
casual
> > DXer and contester, I really don't want to spend the $3000.00 to get
this
> > thing installed (and the trouble of the city). The city says that I can
> > install a retractable tower that when retracted must be below my house
> > height (19') and when extended, no higher than 35'.
>
> Jason,
>
> A better idea for you yet:
>
> Glen Martin (www.glenmartin.com) makes some awesome roof tripods. You
> should be able to easily put up a roof tripod w/o any city permit. In
fact,
> that is one where you could easily follow the "it's better to ask
> forgiveness than ask permission" philosophy. People put roof structures
up
> all the time for their TV antennas w/o permits.
>
> These roof towers come in a variety of heights up to around 20 feet or
more
> I think. They have an 8 foot model and a 9 foot model that are both
really
> nice. They don't need guys and are extremely sturdy. The cost of the 9
> foot is around $350 if I am not mistaken.
>
> The roof tower bit works really well. Until I put my 55 feet of R25G up a
> few weeks ago, that is the same concept I used for years. I have a 14
foot
> roof tripod that held my TA-33, a 440 beam and a 2m vertical. I have done
> very well with that setup including working probably 200 countries and
> scoring a couple million points in the CQ WPX SSB contests. You can see
> that setup on my web page (www.qsl.net/na9d).
>
> The problem with your idea is that you limit yourself to just the
Hexabeam.
> What if you want something different? What if you want to add some VHF or
> UHF stuff, etc.
>
> Got with a roof tower and since you don't like heights find a ham in your
> area who doesn't mind them and have him help.
>
> 73,
>
> Jon
> NA9D
>
> -------------------------------------
> Jon Ogden
> NA9D (ex: KE9NA)
>
> Life Member: ARRL, NRA
> Member: AMSAT, DXCC
>
> http://www.qsl.net/ke9na
>
> "A life lived in fear is a life half lived."
>
>
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