Ham Radio Tower on Homestead Easy DIY

It's a marvelous tower & thank you for sharing your project . I just wanted to mention that I would of driven an earth electrode rod into the base of the hole , it may of been a little tricky hence the rocks , but I'm sure with a little perseverance an electrode rod could of been drifted deep under ground with a 30mm connector cable from the earth electrode to the chassis of the tower .

Only problem with these tbx towers are they don’t call for any antenna with a medium wind load. Small antennas only. Good job on the pad

dUMB QUESTION HERE : shouldn't that hole be dug as tight as possible so that when the concrete is poured, it's going into a COMPACTED HOLE ? specially the walls ?

"easy" ... My ass

How long do you leave the forms in place before you strip them on a pour that size?

Good stuff. Got my General license, now working on the Amateur Extra, just to prove to myself really. Didn't have a background in electronics, electricity, frequencies, propagation or anything ham radio related. I had to work hard and study.

Where did you come up with the specs for the pad? I’m picking up a used 50’ tower next week, and we’re far enough out that permitting is not required, but I still want to do the installation right/safe. I need to fab up a tilt over base and I’ll raise and lower it with a winch. I just need to find some data sheet for specs.

Nice!

I'm working on getting my HAM license and would love to see what you've done with this and have hooked up. Pretty cool you installed a big tower on your property!

JJ needs to learn how to look busy.

Very similar to my tower build👍

Me personally, I would have drove an 8-foot grounding rod into the ground and grounded the tower to it before pouring the concrete. But that is just my preference.

Thanks to god my Antenna is in the rooftop of 6 FL building. Like 60 feet , I think.

now i know what i need to know

Damn, He must be putting up a hell of a lot of aluminum for that much concrete.

Super job

I want to be one of "your people"

des nots

He will wish he had put a ground rod on all three legs if he does HF