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[TowerTalk] Is A Tower Weaker in Some Directions?

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Is A Tower Weaker in Some Directions?
From: "Cox, Norman R." <nrc@mst.edu>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2014 21:41:26 +0000
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Dear Group:

    I just joined Tower Talk -- I've read through the last 5 years of archives 
and have certainly learned a lot I did not know.  What a resource!  I have a 
question:

    I have just ordered a US Towers HDX-555 tower. At my QTH, I have the option 
of orienting the base plate in any direction I want to.  My question is:  Are 
these 3-legged towers weaker (or stronger) in some directions than others?  (I 
am not a structural engineer.)  The reason I ask is that most of the violent 
storms that hit here usually come from the same direction.  Will orienting the 
base plate in a certain direction make it any less vulnerable?

Thanks!
Norm
KE0ZT

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