<div dir="ltr">The free standing towers can be pricey; $500 - $1000 for just the tower, depending on height. But the freestanding ones have to be cemented at least 4 feet into the ground. Not sure about installation cost, but you can do it with a few friends, assuming one of them knows what they're doing.<div><br></div><div>The non-free standing ones have to be secured at the roof line, and cannot go more than about 10 -15 feet above the roof line. It all depends on the tower you get.<div><br></div><div>Watch out for Kijiji ads, some of those old towers are rusted pretty badly.<br><div><br></div><div>Try contacting the local Amateur Radio club (<a href="http://www.kwarc.org/">http://www.kwarc.org/</a>), they'd have a better idea, may even have some folks that would help you out.</div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 9:50 AM, Khalid Baheyeldin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kb@2bits.com" target="_blank">kb@2bits.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 9:42 AM, Colin Mackay <<a href="mailto:zixiekat@gmail.com">zixiekat@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hah. I thought about that too... But I really don't want to invest in a<br>
> proper TV tower. Perhaps if I manage to get back into Amateur Radio, then<br>
> I'll invest in a 50' free standing tower.<br>
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</span>I have seen lots of these in the rural homes west of KW.<br>
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Anyone know how much putting up one of these would cost?<br>
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