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MI, USA
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Posted: 3/28/2024 3:01:54 AM EDT
Just wondering if I could use this thing to get free hd channels. It's huge and really tall. It's in pretty good condition but the wire is severed and a new one would have to be ran. But I don't even know what kind of wire I would need to run and how I would even get up there. I have a ladder but nothing that big.
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Posted: 3/28/2024 3:36:13 AM EDT
[#1]
Mounting point for a good PTZ security camera?
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Posted: 3/28/2024 3:36:15 AM EDT
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Look at LoRa and Meshtastic on youtube. You can setup your own messaging grid. I would put a node at the top and then a few nodes at your buddies homes and now you have a SHTF encrypted communication network.
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Posted: 3/28/2024 3:44:25 AM EDT
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Looks like it's tipping already. Sawzall that thing down.
I had a tower about like that on my house when I moved there. It worked for years until the wire went bad. I cut the thing down and scrapped it. Huge eyesore gone and it was pretty rusty. The rotator was also touchy. |
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Posted: 3/28/2024 3:59:18 AM EDT
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Mount an old school antenna for HD, sure. Ham radio club in the area? Wireless ISP in the area? Certainly put your own WiFi access point if you have coverage issue.
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WV, USA
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Posted: 3/28/2024 4:02:08 AM EDT
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It’s literally made out of three ladders.
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Posted: 3/28/2024 4:04:07 AM EDT
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Security camera for sure and I've been wanting to get something to push my GMRS antenna up higher...would love to have that. It's a little bit of an eyesore, but worth using and repurposing beyond TV!
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Posted: 3/28/2024 4:06:37 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Gamma762]
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"Massive"... "Huge" lol... it looks to be 2 sections of tower, so 20 feet tall plus the little mast above the rotator. That's like the smallest possible tower to get the antenna above the roof.
Yes if you run new cable to the antenna you should be able to get local TV. If there's no control box for the rotator you might need to mount the antenna fixed in one direction. RG6 is the normal kind of cable used for TV reception. If it's old enough it might be twin lead which is hard to come by these days and can be problematic for digital TV reception, in which case you'd need the little balun adapter at the top that goes from RG-6 to the antenna. Originally Posted By dbwhitey: It’s literally made out of three ladders. If it's in good shape and anchored well it would be climbable... but those without experience should probably leave that to folks with a safety harness and the knowledge of how to evaluate whether it's safe to climb. |
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Posted: 3/28/2024 4:52:24 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By dbwhitey: It’s literally made out of three ladders. No shit. |
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Posted: 3/28/2024 5:11:38 AM EDT
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I would put a cell phone booster, an HD antenna, and a weather station on it.
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OH, USA
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Posted: 3/28/2024 5:33:20 AM EDT
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I wish my house had came with one. The hard parts done, replace the wire. I'd love to have my tv antenna on one of those. If it's cemented in properly, which it probably is, climb that sucker and slap a new wire on it. Easy, peasy.
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Posted: 3/28/2024 6:25:07 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By andersw: Look at LoRa and Meshtastic on youtube. You can setup your own messaging grid. I would put a node at the top and then a few nodes at your buddies homes and now you have a SHTF encrypted communication network. That, and a GMRS repeater for county wide contact with family of the cell grid goes down. Or a HAM antenna. |
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Posted: 3/28/2024 6:32:31 AM EDT
[#12]
That would work for OTA broadcasts.
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Posted: 3/28/2024 6:33:12 AM EDT
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It also came with a boat ramp.
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USA
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Posted: 3/28/2024 6:36:30 AM EDT
[#14]
Passive radar. You're welcome.
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NY, USA
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Posted: 3/28/2024 6:40:36 AM EDT
[#15]
Wok Party!!
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USA
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Posted: 3/28/2024 6:41:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TheOtherDave: That, and a GMRS repeater for county wide contact with family of the cell grid goes down. Or a HAM antenna. Yep. People pay good money to have a decent tower. |
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PA, USA
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Posted: 3/28/2024 6:51:48 AM EDT
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I'd love to have that tower. I can't find those tower sections locally anymore.
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MI, USA
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Posted: 3/28/2024 6:56:34 AM EDT
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You will get free TV for sure. I use the plastic ones that stick in window, cant believe they work. I get 10 channels with that and I am surrounded by trees. Have fiber internet for the rest. Google where towers are and point antenna that way, or it might be good to go as is.
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Posted: 3/28/2024 6:57:25 AM EDT
[#19]
Is it the photo or is it leaning?
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Posted: 3/28/2024 7:09:20 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Badlatitude: Is it the photo or is it leaning? |
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Posted: 3/28/2024 7:10:04 AM EDT
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How are you planning on getting TV? Finish that project first.
Post in the HAM forum here and someone will come get it if you want it gone. |
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Posted: 3/28/2024 7:17:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Badlatitude: Is it the photo or is it leaning? The tower looks good. The house is leaning. |
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Posted: 3/28/2024 7:19:37 AM EDT
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arrl.org
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USA
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Posted: 3/28/2024 7:29:52 AM EDT
[#24]
Wish I still had mine.
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Posted: 3/28/2024 7:29:58 AM EDT
[#25]
OP looks like the new house is a double-wide! Good for you!
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Posted: 3/28/2024 7:32:08 AM EDT
[#26]
Also good for scanner antennas, police, aviation, etc.
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Posted: 3/28/2024 7:33:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FZJ80: Mounting point for a good PTZ security camera? |
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Posted: 3/28/2024 7:33:43 AM EDT
[#28]
Get your ham license and put it to work. I wish mine had one when I bought it.
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USA
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Posted: 3/28/2024 7:38:40 AM EDT
[#29]
Scrap it with the handicap ramp, probably get decent money. Unless you need the ramp...
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Posted: 3/28/2024 7:39:38 AM EDT
[#30]
nice wheelchair ramp
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Posted: 3/28/2024 8:00:18 AM EDT
[#31]
Bungee jump
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MI, USA
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Posted: 3/28/2024 8:07:17 AM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By talan: I wish my house had came with one. The hard parts done, replace the wire. I'd love to have my tv antenna on one of those. If it's cemented in properly, which it probably is, climb that sucker and slap a new wire on it. Easy, peasy. I'll have to check.. I don't move into the house until a couple weeks from now. I'll climb it if it feels sturdy enough.. Wonder what the weight limit is on those things though. I'm not that fat, but I'm a little fat and I do weigh about 195 to 200 pounds depending on the day.. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 3/28/2024 8:11:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By andersw: Look at LoRa and Meshtastic on youtube. You can setup your own messaging grid. I would put a node at the top and then a few nodes at your buddies homes and now you have a SHTF encrypted communication network. This! |
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MI, USA
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Posted: 3/28/2024 8:18:06 AM EDT
[Last Edit: DaddyShark]
[#34]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ilikepieman: Scrap it with the handicap ramp, probably get decent money. Unless you need the ramp... Yeah but I might feel a little guilty if I were to make money off of that considering that i'm sure theres someone out there who is handicapped and has little or no money and could really use it. I'll probably donate it if the seller doesn't get rid of it by the time I move in. |
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Posted: 3/28/2024 8:29:07 AM EDT
[#35]
Looks like a small Rohn tower or similar.
Could do weather station, repeater, etc. |
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Posted: 3/28/2024 8:29:55 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DaddyShark: Yeah but I might feel a little guilty if I were to make money off of that considering that i'm sure theres someone out there who is handicapped and has little or no money and could really use it. I'll probably donate it if the seller doesn't get rid of it by the time I move in.  Attached File |
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Posted: 3/28/2024 8:31:50 AM EDT
[#37]
Climb the tower.
For TV, you want 75 ohm RG6 trishield coax, with compression fittings (because most fittings work with tri and not quad shield). Looks like it could use a new antenna as well. |
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Posted: 3/28/2024 8:32:40 AM EDT
[#38]
Take up HAM
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Posted: 3/28/2024 8:39:32 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/28/2024 8:44:27 AM EDT
[#40]
Get on 2 meters with your ham technician license. Put a Yagi antenna on that tower, and call it a day.
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Posted: 3/28/2024 8:47:40 AM EDT
[#41]
I'd put a 2 meter antenna on that thing.
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Posted: 3/28/2024 8:49:49 AM EDT
[#42]
I doubt someone puts up actual tower sections with a rotator to pick up TV stations.
It's a yagi antenna and more likely a ham operator using it for radio to hit distant repeaters. The wheelchair ramp is a good indicator... If you want it gone you could easily get a few hundred bucks for it and someone will come take it down for you. |
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Posted: 3/28/2024 8:52:17 AM EDT
[#43]
You could always extend the cripple ramp from your front door to the top of the tower and charge people for what must be incredible views of your surroundings.
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AR, USA
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Posted: 3/28/2024 8:52:19 AM EDT
[Last Edit: wmagrush]
[#44]
It’s missing the diagonal bracing, so not true Rohn 25 specs. Not a tower I would climb. Maybe it is hinged at the bottom so it can be lowered to swap out wire and antenna.
This is Rohn 25: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=rohn+25&adgrpid=1339205727257544&hvadid=83700572859637&hvbmt=be&hvdev=t&hvlocphy=72674&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-83700705308063%3Aloc-190&hydadcr=9738_13501302&tag=mh0b-20&ref=pd_sl_8709bclxen_e |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 3/28/2024 8:55:53 AM EDT
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If it were me, I'd run a new wire to it, get all these local OTA stations, and then never watch them.
Probably end up scrapping it when I got bored one weekend. |
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CO, USA
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Posted: 3/28/2024 9:01:09 AM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By andersw: Look at LoRa and Meshtastic on youtube. You can setup your own messaging grid. I would put a node at the top and then a few nodes at your buddies homes and now you have a SHTF encrypted communication network. SPNI We have a 40 square mile mesh and it's tanfastic. H |
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Posted: 3/28/2024 9:01:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DaddyShark: Yeah but I might feel a little guilty if I were to make money off of that considering that i'm sure theres someone out there who is handicapped and has little or no money and could really use it. I'll probably donate it if the seller doesn't get rid of it by the time I move in. That might come in handy for moving in heavy object. Going up a ramp sure beats trying to go up steps. |
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Posted: 3/28/2024 9:03:24 AM EDT
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I'd take that one down and replace it one 3x as tall.
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Posted: 3/28/2024 9:04:06 AM EDT
[#49]
Put a lawn chair on top and use as a deer stand/guard tower.
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Posted: 3/28/2024 9:06:13 AM EDT
[#50]
Not worth the risk climbing up there for a new wire.
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