That would make it tough to get a self-supported tower permitted in Los Angeles County and probably a lot of other jurisdictions. It wouldn't get past the engineering review.
Eric KE6US On 4/17/2017 3:16 PM, Wes Stewart wrote: Isn't the tower base pretty much a ground rod? On 4/17/2017 2:16 PM, Rose wrote: -NEVER- encase a ground rod in concrete ... especially a tower base. As a retired 2-way radio tech, I'm aware of two towers that had to be re-installed because of lightening strikes exploding their concrete bases. 73! Ken - K0PP ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> . ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
