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Re: Crank-up towerssaid by tomupnorth:Are these something that can be erected as a DIY project (I have a steel barn and can pour concrete)? If not, how do I find a tower erector (don't even know how to search for one)? If you stay with a lightweight camera one is these is within the scope of a DIY type project. » www.channelmaster.com/An ··· s/83.htm |
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This seems an easy answer at first until I realize I don't want guy wires all over-the-place, to get in-the-way and to look cheesy. |
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said by tomupnorth:This seems an easy answer at first until I realize I don't want guy wires all over-the-place, to get in-the-way and to look cheesy. Any tower that tall you put up, unless it's 6+ inch round, is going to sway without guy wires. |
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I've placed a number of fixed and PTZ cameras on used wood utility poles, they can usually be obtained and installed fairly cheaply, and the wood dampens vibration and wind sway better than freestanding metal poles. |
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Yeah I like the utility poles too but getting at the gizmos on top for service would be a challenge.
I need to find a tower pro, and show him what I'm thinking of doing, which atm is a crank-up tower of some sort that apart from the concrete base could be attached 17' up to the steel beams in my uber-strong storage barn. My question to him would be: how much farther-up could a tower reach stiffly i.e. before requiring guy wires. |
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Mr Matt
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2013-May-10 12:58 pm
You might want to consider a tilt over tower like the one shown here: » www.qsl.net/ei7ba/Crank- ··· ower.htmThe way you set the tower up for easiest use, depends on the roof style of your house. A friend of mine that was an active Amateur Radio Operator set up a tilt over tower on his property. He had a two story house and set the tower up so that the tower tilted up parallel to the roof line and locked into a special locking device installed at at the peak of his gabled roof. The locking device was controlled from ground level. He added counterweights at the base of the tower so that it required a minimum amount of effort to tilt over the tower. He also included a built in stand about half way up from the pivot point to the top of the tower. It was extended by gravity when the tower was lowered. |
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said by Raphion:said by tomupnorth:This seems an easy answer at first until I realize I don't want guy wires all over-the-place, to get in-the-way and to look cheesy. Any tower that tall you put up, unless it's 6+ inch round, is going to sway without guy wires. I have a self supporting tower without guy wires. 86' total height. Does not sway. |
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