Part 2: Installing a Ham Radio Tower; Setting the Foundation.

This is Part 2 of a 3 Part Series covering Installing a Ham Radio Tower. This video covers digging the hole, dropping in the rebar cage and pouring the cement foundation.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• N0KGM
• US
• Tower
• HDX-555
• Installation
• Ham
• Radio

[handsupbud]

What did the concrete cost? I am looking at buying the HDX555

[N0KGM]

It cost just under USD$1,000 fpr 9 Sq yds. My hole was bigger than Specification

[N4EMP]

Hand digging!! YEAH BABY!!

[skippermike]

Very nice, I am putting up a TH455 tower right now and this video is great help. I really need help figuring out the re bar and this looks like the way to do it

[rkt4052]

Cool project

Rob N8JUQ

[RR1301]

super tower base

73 SQ5RGS

[n5xla]

hey any deeper ur going to strike water,and the distance from the house to the tower you just lost 6 db in coax.

[N0KGM]

@drummerthingx

USD$2500 Used

[1DanielChristensen]

so you dig the deep hole because it is a feestanding tower; not a guyed mast? I saw a picture of a 50+ foot skinny little lattice tower standing all by itself with no guys and I couldn't believe it.

[pinoleronica]

Did you stamp your call sign(s) / date after all the concrete was laid?...hihi

Rafael

NN3RP

[ve2so]

You're gonna have a good tower base!