JB made some good points in his post, but it brings up a question for me.
J B wrote:
> There are several things that we cannot see on this end that must be done
> before any construction begins.
> The first would be a good soil analysis, due to the fact that you physically
> need to know what is below the ground and how much support to expect. The
> second would be the location of the tower - I would think that the state of
> Maine would be much different then the state of Florida.
> If you get my point.
> The third is location.
> I believe that the national electric code requires you to stay one and one
> half times the height away from any power line.
>
This brings up a question: If it is 1.5 times the height for clearance,
there are a number of commercial towers and cell towers locally that
appear if they went over they'd hit the power lines. These are both
free standing and guyed, in town, and the country.
> Without being able to physically see the location, there is no way for me or
> anyone else to physically look into our crystal ball and see what your
> location looks like.
73
Roger (K8RI)
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