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Antennas and Metal Roofs

ZebraRadio said:
Yes, I did. I spoke with the station manager of KBCX which has that translator you spoke of. He actually gave me the contact information of the engineer who set up the translator. He said they had nothing but interference problems with that location. The antenna sits on top of one the water tanks, surrounded by state and county communication antennas. It took them months of trial and error experimenting with different filtering methods to make that site useable. It turned out to cost them a lot more money than they had planned. I may contact that engineer. Maybe he can help me with my installation.
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Oops, I inverted two letters. The calls should be KCBX. It looks like the owner of the property and his father-in-law are starting to dig a hole and trench for the tower base and coax. I gave them the online plans from Universal Towers for building the base. They're also getting me a shed with electricity for the transmitter and auxiliary equipment. All of this is gratis. I just need to purchase the base anchors and tower. So far, this is turning out better than I had anticipated.
 
I recently purchased a new 72' ham radio tower from US Tower. I also hired a professional tower installer. I highly recommend that you don't attempt to install/raise the tower and antenna yourself. I look forward to seeing the installation next time we are in town.
 
Dr DJ said:
Have you considered leasing space on an existing structure? I'm thinking of the tower next to the water tanks on Richard Avenue that currently supports K215AF's single-bay antenna. A community partnership with CCSD may be possible to cover the cost of tower space and a transmitter enclosure.
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Incidentally, the town of Cambria which owns those water tanks on Richard Ave., you referred to, is preparing to tear those existing tanks down to build new ones. Just heard that yesterday. So KCBX is going to have to find a new temporary home for their translator since the antenna is mounted on one of those tanks. In fact, it might even be a permanent move as the agencies who use that site for their emergency communications have complained of interference.
 


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