Hi, I am new to this reflector, so maybe asking a question already raised... sorry... I am contemplating buying a Mosley PRO 57 B 40 HD. My rotor is able to turn this thing , but I am still a bit con
Geert, I am sure that other will be able to comment on the Mosley, but I would certainly be worried about having such a large antenna atop the Versatower in 80 Km/hr winds. As I recall, the most comm
Author: Peter Chadwick <g3rzp@g3rzp.wanadoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 21:36:01 +0200 (CEST)
Versatower in 80 Km/hr winds. < And me - unguyed, anyway. The heavy duty one certainly is. I have the 4 section heavy duty one, which I've ended up having at 62 feet because I can't get the guys far
I would not do that unguyed at 80km/h, the Pro57 is quite a large antenna. The problem is mainly to retract it on higher wind speeds, you will need an additional winch for pulling it down http://www.
Hi All Maybe I'm mistaken, but I thought guying a crankup tower was a no-no. Too much downward forces. Did I seee that somewhere? 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ _______
My 100 foot mobile Versatower crankup MUST be guyed. I guess the additional downward force has been calculated for the size of wires and pulleys 73 Peter Maybe I'm mistaken, but I thought guying a cr
You did.. however, if the mfr has designed it for guying, then it would (obviously) be ok. You might also have a tower which is "safety guyed" in that the guys aren't there to hold it up (as in a sta
http://www.fli.co.uk/Versatower/ The opening photo shows guys (slack on the upper sections before extension).. One assumes that they've designed it appropriately. Some years back, I was starting on d
That is how the large towers of the russian contest stations are guyed 73 Peter Depending on the loads, one could use cleverly designed winches to both store the guys (in the retracted position) and