Hi all;
The answer is insurance. The insurance companies put pressure on
manufacturers. Ed, the tower erectors have their own engineers. They do not
look at the manufacturers specs. They have better engineers.
Story: I have a good working relationship with some real good commercial
tower people that are based near my QTH.
They install towers up to about 1200'. Their top engineer told me the towers
are not the problem. Bases and guying are the problem. He told me ,and I
believe him that the basic strength of any tower is the engineered guys and
their anchor points.
They do not even see the tower manufacturers specs. Think about it. Who will
not be paid if the installation fails.
CU Bill KC4UZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Milcarsky" <jamvet@bellsouth.net>
To: "TowerTalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 4:49 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Tower Concerns
> I have asked for and received much help from the members of this list
> concerning my planned erection of a tower at a new QTH some time this
> summer.
>
> None of that advice suggested that I cut corners to save money. I am not
> cheap. I'd rather spend what it takes to make the site safe, otherwise I
> just will not put it up.
>
> It seems that the tower specs provided by the manufacturers are not
adequate
> for many areas of the country. Why they choose not to give us the specs
we
> need, I will not venture to guess, but they are the only ones that can do
it
> properly.
>
> Do commercial buyers get the specs that they need? I can't imagine they
> just put up a tower and hope that it will survive 110 mph winds. There
are
> a whole bunch of commercial towers here on the Florida east coast.
>
>
> Ed Milcarsky KG4ARN kg4arn@arrl.net
>
>
>
>
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