Tower

Towers

I am very lucky that I have two towers currently.

These towers were made locally, and it has the same general size as a US Tower TX-455.

This is how you move a 350 Kg tower here ....

Due to shipping costs, but even more so the unknown about the Philippine customs can charge you importing a commerial tower was not an option.

The Hole

The whole kept getting deeper and deeper...

Here you can see us hanging the base legs for the tower in-place.

What is not shown clearly here is the gounding system that we then put in place.

The tower field

This is area I have for towers (actually there is a little more now);

The image is looking almost due North, with 1 tower fully assembled and active. The other is still on the floor.

This is the TA351, 7,14,21,28 Mhz on top of this tower.

Both operational

This is what they look like today

Coax Supply

The towers are 50 and 75m away from my shack. I was going to run just 1 coax line, and then use a remote switch - but this would limit me too only 1 active antenna.

So I installed two coax runs of 7/8" Heliax, along with control cables for roatator and remote antenna switches (1 Coax to multiple antennas per tower)

Why Crank/Tilt ?

My main two reasons are

• I lost my tower and a TH11, when I was in Oman due to a storm. Here in the Philippines we get on average 24 Typhoons each year.... granted most do not pass directly close to where we live... but it does seem a sensible precation.
• We are all getting older - it is so much easier to lower the tower town, and then to lay it flat. You however need a Tilt Plate.