Anyone care to help settle a friendly argumentative discussion and wager on aligning guy points? A discussion on aligning guy points led to a wager between a couple local tower planners. Ham (1) Says
"807" that dates ya. Ham 2 wins my vote for simplicity The error in doing is probably less than the error in making the holes and planting the guy wire terminations in EXACTLY the correct spot. K6EXO
I vote for #2, and ask an additional question which may pertain to your installation, and does to mine. We have a sloping ground, so that if the guys kept the same angle wrt the tower, (which I think
K1VR: Trick question. Both methods result in the same degree of accuracy. One method relies on making the tower legs match the three 120 degree lines, and the other method relies on one string lining
Hi Jack, My vote goes to #2. This is the method i used 2 months ago to locate my own anchors. It can be just as accurate as using the transit. The guy anchors are equidistant from the respective towe
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If you check the Rohn specs on tower/guy alignment, the tolerance falls somewhere between transit and hand grenade. The purests will vote transit in your poll, but Rohn is a bit more liberal for the
Actually I use Method #3. I stand a tower section up at the base position and sight THRU the tower face to the third leg which is in the desired direction. This may not be as accurate as a transit bu
Ham 2 gets my vote. I used a similar method, only I used three 2 x 4s approximately 24" long nailed together to form a U shape, with the inside distance of between the legs of the U the same as the o
I used a modified string system, partly because I wanted to try a new toya water hose leveling system, and partly because my ground slopes. I made a string set up with a hook on one end and a loop on
This is almost how I do it. I stand up a tower section with a baseplate attached on the spot I want the base to be. Then with a measuring string, I measure the distance from the leg that I want the a
If at all possible maintain the proper angle between the tower and the guys in accordance with the design stress parameters. If you do not know what these should be, or you do not know how to do the
Yep, this method yields perfectly acceptable results. I usually hold a tape measure across the tower face I'm looking through, to facilitate lining up the CENTER of the face with the opposite leg. --
I too use the K5NA method, with one improvement. If you have a mast, place it in the tower section. Go ahead and install the thrust bearing and the rotor plate/rotor to ensure that the mast is center