I would be especially mindful of corrosion issues in tower planning in the Caribbean. There was a recent article in the Contest Journal on the ever difficult tower corrosion experienced at PJ2T.
On Feb 25, 2014, at 1:17 PM, DALE LONG <[email protected]> wrote: > Gentlemen: > > I have been reluctant to ask for help which did not relate directly to our > reflector. But today I got up my courage, so here goes. I have been invited > to lead a group of amateurs to help build an AM tower in Haiti. > > > Two things that may relate to some of our readers: > > 1. I will be returning to Haiti in November to build a 240foot AM broadcast > tower. I know there are many AM broadcast engineers on this list and would > like to have your advice. Specifically we are searching for a large conical > base insulator. Sometimes when a tower rusts, they are disgarded or thrown > on a pile somewhere. We would like to buy one, and possibly a tower as well. > > 2. In December of this year, I am organizing a small group to go to Haiti and > participate in the 160m contest. (this of course is dependent on the tower > being built.) > > I am particularly pleased that amateurs have been invited to help. Sometimes > broadcast engineers do not have the highest opinions of amateur > installations. So we do want to do it right. We have a 9-acre parcel of > land along the ocean and part of the area is a salt-water marsh. I think > there hasnt been any serious 160m activity from Haiti for a number of years. > This location would present a nice opportunity for a serious lowband > operation. > > If you have any information about base insulators/towers, or if you would > like to join a 160m dxpedition to Haiti, please respond off the reflector to > [email protected] > > Thanks for your time. > > Dale - N3BNA > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
