The angle for the lower set of guys would be the most relevant and I'd be
surprised if the upper set(s) of guys couldn't live with that, but if it was
really an issue he could probably put the equalizer at the desired point and
run a (larger) single guy the rest of the way to the anchor.
73,
Dave Ab7E
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From: "Rex Lint" <rex@lint.mv.com>
To: "'Tower and HF antenna construction topics.'" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:05:18 -0500
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Downhill anchors
Ed,
Keeping the angle the same is a problem when you have more than one level of
guys: either you go to multiple guy points or you have a different angle for
one (or 2) sets of guys.
-Rex-
Rex Lint, Consultant
26 Brek Drive
Merrimack, NH 03054
PH: 603-860-7651
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[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ed Swiderski, KU4BP
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 1:00 PM
To: Tower Talk
Subject: [TowerTalk] Downhill anchors
After seeing my planned tower location become literally washed away. A flat
area but considered a flood plane. (Got VERY flooded after weekend rain,
almost a pond) I'm looking at putting my planned tower against my house. The
thing that I am being puzzled about is how the land slopes down quite a bit
away from the base. This is where one of the guy anchors will go. Is there
some additional calculations that I need to do? I'm guessing that it is no
more than 10 feet below where the base will be.
I'm thinking that maybe I would have to keep the angles of the guys constant
and just extend the length to the anchor to compensate for the drop in land,
but I'm not sure. What I'm thinking is that if there is, say, 10 feet of
drop. Using that and the angle required for the guys I can trig out the
distance needed from the tower base. As I said, I'm guessing on what to do.
Am I on the right track with my theory or am I off base?
Thank you,
Ed Swiderski KU4BP
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