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[TowerTalk] abbreviation: PSF?

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Subject: [TowerTalk] abbreviation: PSF?
From: rrossi@btv.ibm.com (Ron D. Rossi)
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 12:30:25 -0500
The PSF refers to Pounds per Square Foot. 20psf is the pressure exerted by a 
70MPH wind. 30psf is just under the pressure exerted by a 90MPH wind (32.4psf).

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>>>Michael Pfeuffer said:
> Howdy all,
> 
> I'm considering putting up a Rohn 25G fold-over tower that I picked up a 
> few years ago.  In looking at the engineering specs for the tower, they 
> list antenna loads for two different values of "PSF" ( 20 and 30 ).  I 
> can't find PSF defined anywhere in my specs, and a google search resulted 
> in a wide array of choices, but none seemed to apply.  Any ideas?
> 
> I'm looking at page FO-1 in the current book.  The table is titled 
> "Specifications for Rohn Fold-Over Towers", and hasn't changed since it was 
> drawn in '83.
> 
> Thanks!
> --Mike, WQ5C
> wq5c@texas.net
> 
> 
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