Our move to Prescott was meant to be for retirement, so I wanted to put up a tower that would handle almost any antenna I could imagine wanting. I was able to obtain a permit from the City of Prescott with the invaluable help of K1VR . If you need help with your permit, I recommend Fred without qualification.
I decided on the heavy duty HDX689MDPL from US Tower . My experience with US Tower was generally good. The delivery schedule was a little long (the 689 is usually not an in-stock item) and the shipping scheduling was difficult to manage because I had so many other schedules to coordinate. But the final product is excellent. I ordered the tower and antennas from Tom, KM6K at HRO in San Diego.
The tower base specification requires a 6' x 6' x 9' deep footing. The hole had to be blasted from solid rock and in order to be 6' square at the bottom, it is significantly larger at the top. I'm not concerned about the footing going anywhere.
The antennas are probably not spaced far enough apart, but they seem to be working pretty well. In order from the bottom to the top they are an M2 40M3LL, a Force12 WARC-7, a Force12 C-31XR, an M2 6M7JHV and a Diamond X510MA.
This project wouldn't have happened without the help of a lot of people (and the understanding of one special woman). In particular, special thanks to Harv, K6QK and Bruce, N7TY, who traveled from San Diego twice to help with the installation. Harv's knowledge and mechanical skills really made this possible.
A little background - the tower was shipped on an 18 wheel truck, which could not get up the winding road to my driveway. So the crane truck operator unloaded it and placed it on the bed of his truck. This took place in the pouring rain (Harv and Bruce's first trip from San Diego). Since the crane truck was too heavy for the driveway, the plan was to drive up the dirt at the side of the driveway, which of course, was deep mud. So the tower was unloaded at the end of my driveway until things dried out, the crane was available again and Harv and Bruce could make another trip.
Now the photos .....
