Don't do it unless the tower is designed for guying...some are! The TRI-EX
CT-100 is a crank-up designed to be guyed. Each tower section carries the
weight of those above it. Not a problem for the 1/4" steel cables. The dead
weight antenna spec is 600lbs and the wind load spec is 40sq ft fully
extended. Over 25yr old, never had a problem...I check the cables at least
twice a month if not weekly.
Good Luck,
dave
wa3gin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Hearn" <dhearn@air-pipe.com>
To: "Dennis Petrich" <radioart@charter.net>; <WB4UNA@aol.com>;
<TowerTalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] {SPAM} Re: hazer comments
> Dennis: You will find different opinions here on many subjects however I
> believe there is almost uniform opinion on guying crankup towers. Don't do
> it. That puts additional stress on the lifting cables when horizontal
> force
> is applied to the tower. 73. Dan, N5AR
>
>
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