[BC] Base Insulator Elevation
Tom Dimeo
am at pa321.net
Fri Nov 12 16:46:29 CST 2010
What's the disadvantage of not having all the base insulators
at the same elevation in an AM directional array?
Thanks,
Tom
** Message Separater **
>Actually, it was only uphill to about 5 of the towers, the
>remaining were level or slightly downhill. I wanted to
>level the area of the towers but that involved the cost of
>moving too much earth. We ended up with all the tower base
>insulators being at the same elevation but the mounds were
>built for at least 5 towers. This gave us erosion problems
>for ground screens and radials. The mounds were compacted,
>but on my recent visit to the site, with Chief Engineer Louis
>Sutton, it appears that over the years the tower foundations
> are settling over the years.
>
>Dave
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