Beginner Ham Radio #8 - Tower construction

TelescopeMan discusses the construction process of his Rohn 25g radio tower. See the two other videos, Tower Raising Party, and Final Tower Comments; to see how the tower and antenna were eventually installed/ completed.

[@mutexnet]

Congrats.... Very professional job. 73

[@7125Mhz]

Just cool. And awesome. Love it.

[@JoeLalumia]

Thank you. By the way the tower has now survived 75 mph winds here in Texas during a storm. We estimated the wind speed rating at over 110 mph. Probably the antenna would not survive but the tower should still be there.

[@JoeLalumia]

Have had several comments asking if I finished the tower- yes I did. See the Tower Raising Party video, and the Tower Final Comments video. Yes I did guy the tower. 73 and clear skies

[@JoeLalumia]

By the way, I did not use the house bracket as mentioned in the video.

[@AtomkeySinclair]

Thanks for the video - was wondering how deep and wide I would need to go...

[@JoeLalumia]

4ft deep x 3ft-- took about 1.8 cubic yards of concrete.

[@jtsgarage2999]

i did not see the guy standing on the ladder i was thinking he was a big man lol

[@JoeLalumia]

He was NOT that BIG!!! Ha! :)

[@jtsgarage2999]

o you no what part i was talking about the guy holding the slug hammer lol

[@JoeLalumia]

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[@WildOrchid9991]

Looks a lot Like my tower base.. Just smaller... I dug my base 5'X5' and filled with fiber mésh concrète... You get that Baby guyed yet? Looking VERY Nice!!!

[@CrewCheef]

I found that a rented hammer drill works great for driving in the ground rods. Takes all the work out of it.

[@JoeLalumia]

I agree but in my case I hired out the work. 73

[@CrewCheef]

+Joe Lalumia Good move. I am going to do the same thing..... getting old here. Thought it might help some young guy out.

[@JoeLalumia]

+Paul Deyo Yes, when I retired I decided to put up a tower, bring out a bunch of other hams with some BBQ and sit back and watch it happen! :) 73

[@SynMonger]

Will you be putting any VHF or higher band antennas up there? I seem to recall 6m being active in the Dallas/North Texas area when I lived there in the mid 2000's

[@JoeLalumia]

See my note to you above-- 73.

[@trooper2221]

i have about 60 ft of tower like that, but just wanna put about 30 up. did not realize i needed 4 ft of tower in the ground.

[@JoeLalumia]

No VHF-UHF on the tower-- I already have a Comet GP9 mounted fairly high over the storage building in the backyard. I also intend to keep the QSO King long wire to use on 160-6meters.- if I need any odd bands like 17 meters or 6 meters.

[@JoeLalumia]

However I will attach a pulley to the top of the tower so I can pull up wire antennas -- want to experiment with resonant 80 meter wire.

[@pinponelmono]

Hello Joe, im planning to install my first tower, Do you remember the dimensions of the hole? how deep ?regards CE1PTT

[@JoeLalumia]

Yes 3ft square by 4ft deep. Took almost 2 yards of concrete-- if I remember 1.8 yards. There is rebar cage inside the hole and gravel on the bottom. I show that in one of the tower videos. 73

[@JoeLalumia]

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