HELP! I have just erected my Rohn 25 tower, concreted base and about 80ft. My problem is that I was using a tiny corner of my wifes she-shed for my setup when I built the tower. Now I am being relocated to my own shack on the same property but it's about 100ft from my unmovable tower. Is there a way to link them without running 100ft of coax to tie it in with my current tower location? Moving the tower is not an option. I have a second tower and I would put it up as a last resort. OPTIONS? OPINIONS?
In a tower quanrdy
- Thread starter Boodro65
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Remote radio.
Assuming the radios can be remote controlled, leave the radios in the wife's she-shed and communicate with them over IP from your new location.
Assuming the radios can be remote controlled, leave the radios in the wife's she-shed and communicate with them over IP from your new location.
Build the wife a new She-Shed ? What kind of radios are you using ? As said remote radio controls are the easiest way.
What frequencies are you using? How many antennas hanging from the tower?
For HF, 100 feet isn't all that bad. Use some 1/2" Commscope Heliax between the house and tower. Will only add about a 0.2 dB loss overall at 30 MHz.
For VHF/UHF you could use some 7/8" Heliax, The loss for 100 feet of 7/8" inch Heliax at 440 MHz is 0.8 dB. You can bury Heliax, so there will be no issues with tripping on cables.
If you're receiving up in the 700 - 800 MHz range, you could install a mast mount pre-amp to make up for coax losses.
The only issue is that Heliax and the required connectors are kind of expensive. Especially if you have quite a few coax runs.
For HF, 100 feet isn't all that bad. Use some 1/2" Commscope Heliax between the house and tower. Will only add about a 0.2 dB loss overall at 30 MHz.
For VHF/UHF you could use some 7/8" Heliax, The loss for 100 feet of 7/8" inch Heliax at 440 MHz is 0.8 dB. You can bury Heliax, so there will be no issues with tripping on cables.
If you're receiving up in the 700 - 800 MHz range, you could install a mast mount pre-amp to make up for coax losses.
The only issue is that Heliax and the required connectors are kind of expensive. Especially if you have quite a few coax runs.
FKimble
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Build the "she" a really nice shed somewhere else convenient for her , Explain, it's too late to move the tower, the concrete has hardened. Will cost many $$$ to move it.
Frank
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