Welcome to the N0RQ/KC5POV Tower Project page!

Though we had a small 30' Rohn 25 that held a 2m vertical and the TV antenna, we decided to put up a real tower that would hold some antennas of size.  We picked a Trylon Titan T600 - 64' tall.  One big advantage is no guy wires (which made the xYL happy!).

We hope you enjoy the following pages, and if you're putting up a Trylon (or similar), there might be a few tips that you find helpful.

First and foremost, we want to express a big thank you to the many folks who helped us on this!

• Mike W8CM -- tower-elmer and tower-climber -- what would we have done without you???
• Several other guys in the McKinney (TX) Amateur Radio Club (MARC), including Dave K5EEN and Brian WA5M (ground crew and loaners of tools)
• the Tower Talk list
• Scott, KA9FOX  (if you're familiar with the KA9FOX Trylon page, and our pages look similar... well, we didn't exactly copy his, but imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and his pages really did help us, and they were the main inspiration for our tower pages.  So thanks, Scott!)

Also helpful were:

• Alan, N5PA, whose tower web page included info on the Force 12 XR-5
• Jack of Trylon
• Natan of Force 12
• the guys at M²
• Bill of W9INN Antennas (really well-made wire antennas!) ** Bill became a Silent Key in 2004 -- may his style of workmanship live on.

Trying to balance download time and clicking, there are 3 to 6 pictures per page.  Have fun browsing, and if you have suggestions/comments/questions, please email us at  n0rq "at" arrl.net  .  (N0RQ is Dave and KC5POV is Sue.  We have 6 children and live north of Dallas, TX.)

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Page 2 - backhoe and making the form wall
Page 3 - prepping the hole, setting the base
Page 4 - pouring concrete
Page 5 - tower goes up
Page 6 - antennas go up
Page 7 - quite a view in all directions
Page 8 - no pics, just results and comments -- The End