Hey Michael, what kind of coax are you running, curious? We have a tower in my rural property and it’s old old hardline; I don’t think it even has a denomination, that’s how old it is. We’ll have to change it one of these days, and in our case it’s giong to co$t… it’s about 300 feet away from the house. 😵

I live on 37 acres of land but still put my towers near my house. Yes there is always the possibility of a tower crashing into the house, trees could do the same. I chose to do this because we already had trees near the house as well as having it closer so it was cheaper to run coax. Coax aint cheap so I try to save my money where I can.

Those living in rural areas can, if they choose, place an antenna mast or tower quite far away from their home, sometimes hundreds of feet.

If you live on a large plot of land and your antenna is over 100-feet away from your shack, how is your feedline reaching the antenna? What kind of feedline are you using? Is it above or below ground?…

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