There was an article in QST a while back (its been several years) on house
bracketing a tower which
was coauthored by N1CQ, a structural engineer. As I recall the authors went to
a great deal of trouble
anchoring the tower bracket to the structure of the house (4 x 4 posts tied
into the truss structure).
As was pointed out in an earlier post, the lateral load on this bracket can be
several thousand pounds
in a high wind (this doesn't include the wind blowing against the large surface
area of the wall). Unless
you are a qualified structural engineer (I certainly am not), this is a good
reason to hire a PE when doing
this kind of installation.
Lags bolts for a tower, sheesh!
Mike, W4EF................
----- Original Message -----
From: <K7LXC@aol.com>
To: <mmurphy@n-focus.com>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Concerns continued
> In a message dated 1/15/01 11:47:23 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> mmurphy@n-focus.com writes:
>
> > I have put up, taken down and serviced a number of towers. And it simply
> > amazes me what hams "get away" with. It may work for a while, maybe
> > forever.
>
> No kidding! A guy down the street had his 25G housebracket lag bolted in
> with lag bolts that weren't even long enough reach the studs - ouch!
>
> Cheers, Steve K7LXC
> Tower Tech
>
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