I am just thankful for all the opinions, and knowledge that has come
from this thread.
It has been quite helpful for me trying to decide what the best way to
raises a tower
Successfully here in my area.
Thanks one and all
73
John
N5BSD
-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
Cqtestk4xs@aol.com
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 7:10 PM
To: TOWERTALK@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] screw-in guy anchors, was Could this happen to
you
When I originally posted the link to the unfortunate guy with the tower,
I
posted it as an item of general interest to anyone with a tower. I was
surprised to see how long the thread became.
I want to throw an addtional two cents worth in. I have three 200 foot
towers and most of you on the reflector have towers ranging from ten
feet to
200 feet. Aside from the aesthetics aspect, most non-hams do not want a
tower next to their property for safety reasons. They are afraid that
the
tower will fall over on their home.
Think about it for a moment. How many installations do you know about
in
your area that are less than safe? Not your own of course, but surely
someone in town has one. Assuming you climb, would you be willing to
climb
anyone's tower in your club or town...probably not. I know I wouldn't.
I
have personally seen or heard hams supposedly knowledgeable about towers
use
some really unsafe designs such as the guy with the screw anchors on the
150
footer. How many freestanding towers sitting in a yard of concrete, or
50
foot tower bases just stuck in the ground with no concrete do you know
about?
How many Rohn 25 installations are just house bracketed to the fascia
boards
(a poor way to do it)? The answer is lots...in Florida.
It is really amazing that there aren't more events like the one this
thread
has been about.
Bill K4XS
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