Thanks guys for the input on towers and rocks.
It seems as much as both my wife and I liked the location and the near zero
floor noise on HF, the house is a no go. The builder is holding out for a
King's ransom and there is little chance of us finding common ground on a
price. In short the house buy is nixed.
Thanks again,
Eric.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric - VE3GSI
> Sent: July-07-09 2:10 PM
> To: Towertalk e-Goups
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Self-support Tower on Rock?
>
> TT Gang,
>
> We have been considering moving from our little in town lot to the
> country
> side. One of the homes on our short list has about 2 acres of land but
> there
> is only a scant few inches of dirt and in some places no cover at all
> over
> top of what I can only call fractured rock. To me it looks like good
> old
> limestone and by fractured I mean it has small crevices that go into
> the
> ground every so often, with areas about, let say about the size of car
> parking spaces.
>
> To be honest, as of yet I have not checked with any tower manufacture
> or
> dealer yet, this will come too. I do however wish to ask those that
> have
> firsthand experience erecting self-support towers on rock, that would
> be
> both advantages and disadvantages. The main disadvantage I see is these
> is
> no simple way to install a ground system nor do I see a easy way to
> bury
> feed lines and control cables in the ground without.
>
> Though there is plenty of room for guyed towers I really would like to
> stay
> with self support. My one tower is a Trylon 72 ft which I was hoping to
> recycle at any new QTH we might move too and I remember Trylon having
> options for rock, just not sure how well they work. I have not decided
> if I
> will recycle my older Delhi second tower - yet.
>
> All ideas welcome?
>
> de Eric - VE3GSI
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