That’s a really nice antenna tower he has. I can see him not wanting a TV antenna there - it could interfere with the radio. Antenna science is a thing, and it’s kind of complex.
Anyway, the fact that it can be laid down to work on is really cool. If I ever get a real antenna tower, I want one like that. Of course, that implies that I’m actually going to start talking on this radio.
meyer wrote:
“That’s a really nice antenna tower he has. I can see him not wanting a TV antenna there - it could interfere with the radio. Antenna science is a thing, and it’s kind of complex.”
“Anyway, the fact that it can be laid down to work on is really cool. If I ever get a real antenna tower, I want one like that. Of course, that implies that I’m actually going to start talking on this radio.”
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Meyer, I applaud your interest in Amateur radio and the acquisition of some equipment. That’s a start.
You said...
“That’s a really nice antenna tower he has. I can see him not wanting a TV antenna there - it could interfere with the radio. Antenna science is a thing, and it’s kind of complex.”
Yes, it is. It even its own field of study. It is called RF engineering. A lot of what hams have to learn to get their license is related to this field.
The tilt over Rohn tower is good stuff and I have built them. But it just an antenna support structure. Depending on the antenna, a tree could work as well. So what matters the most is the antenna(s) on the tower. As long as there is a space available on the tower that’s not too close to any other antennas a UHF/VHF antenna TV receive only antenna will not interfere at all.
More likely is the ham radio would interfere with the TV antenna signal if spurious emissions or harmonics were present in the transmitted signal. Overload of the TV receiver is also possible, which would be proportional to the power being radiated from the ham antenna, and would wipe out the TV signal. Spurious emissions and overload interference can be reduced or eliminated by various methods reducing most interference to acceptable levels and good hams know how to do it.
FWIW, I have been in the telecom industry building sites in the field and a ham for over thirty years. So there you go, it is just the facts mame.
SS1