The Palco whale is a trademark (tm) of Palco Electronics, Inc. Tower sections also require drainage to prevent freezing and splitting damage. Patching, splicing and weatherproofing of antennas and coaxes. The corrosive effects of concrete will damage the aluminum. Below is a list of all of the services we offer. Note: Aluminum tower sections should never be directly set in concrete. At this time, accessories such as rotor shelves, rotors, mast pipe, antennas, coax, and rotor cable can be added to the tower.ħ Walk the fully assembled tower up into its upright position and then replace the base bolts to secure it. section so that it's laying on the ground.Ħ Connect the remaining tower sections. For the average amateur radio tower, 20-60 should be more than sufficient. Larger towers you should contact an engineer to get specs for the base and/or hire a professional tower erector. tower section on the ground, end to end, in the correct order of assembly tapering away from the base.ĥ Remove one bolt from each front leg and two from the rear leg, then tilt the bottom 10 ft. The anchor of the base should be between 20 and 60 deep depending on the height of the tower. A minor mistake at this stage will be a major issue later!Īllow 3 to 4 days for the concrete to set up.Ĥ Place each 10 ft. While the concrete is setting up, be certain that all three base legs are parallel. Using a carpenter's level, shim the tower as necessary to get it completely plumb.įill the hole with concrete. section of the tower to the steel base anchors and lower it into the hole.Īs shown below, you can use 2x4 lumber to make a simple slab form and support the tower base while pouring the concrete. No overhead wires or obstacles that would prevent it from being rotated into its final, upright position.Ģ Dig an appropriate sized hole according to the "base footings" table.ģ Attach the bottom 10 ft. Enough flat land to allow for pre-assembly of the tower horizontally on the ground. The bottom section of tower actually had a 16” piece attached to it.Are Easy To Install Do it yourself or hire a local contractor.ġ Find a suitable location to install the base. I plan on a concrete pier and maybe a few mounts coming off the tower and connecting to both of the shop sidewalls. Researched online but ran across radio operators with some serious antennas, 1-2 yards of concrete and guy wires. Going to mount an OTA tv antenna and an antenna for my stereo receiver. Plan to mount mine in a corner where my front shop meets the rear shop. Whatever concrete dad put in was all underground, nothing visible above ground. I don’t remember much about it, maybe one mount to the soffit area of the garage. Super convenient way to get on the garage roof. Remember having one of these growing up, behind dad’s garage.
Sections were already down and disassembled when I got there. Looks like the previous owner may have had several radios. Actually came out of a local trailer park that is being demolished. Latest CL haul, got three sections of 10’ antenna tower in pretty good shape.
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