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[TowerTalk] Guying a Universal Aluminum Tower

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Guying a Universal Aluminum Tower
From: Dennis W0JX <w0jx@yahoo.com>
Reply-to: Dennis W0JX <w0jx@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:20:25 -0800 (PST)
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Has anyone out there successfully guyed a Universal aluminum tower? My current 
configuration is 30 taper, 26 st, 26 taper, 22 st, 22 taper, 

18 st, 18 taper, and 14 top. It has a huge monstrous concrete base. It is 80 
feet total in height and nothing else in on the tower. I had a TH6 on it for 12 
years with no problems but just replaced that with a TH-11 (a fantastic 
antennas BTW) which has a 12 sq. ft wind load, considerably more than the TH6. 
With high winds, it moves around quite a bit and I am uncomfortable with that. 
I am thinking of putting two sets of guys on it to stabilize the movement 
without shifting a lot of the load to the guys. The tower is protected in most 
directions by mature trees that are taller than the tower and that break the 
force of the wind quite a bit.


I have seen these towers with a set of rope guys at the top to minimize the 
swaying but I think it was done without any real thought to it.

73, Dennis W0JX/8
Milan, OH
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