Not sure of the arrangement you are proposing...
If you are attempting to co-locate two of these near
each other, and tie all the guys to the pair, I don't
think that you'd get much of an improvement. First, I
don't know how you'd effectively connect guys to two
anchors at once. More importantly, if I understand
how they work, the screw anchors rely on a volume of
soil (I think approximating an inverted cone) above
the disk to hold them in the ground against the
pulling force of the guy wires. If you locate two
anchors near each other, IOW, so that these volumes
overlap, you would NOT get 2X holding power.
You should get the expected improvement if you
separated the guys (assuming you have more than one
guy level) and put the top guy on one anchor, and the
lower levels on another anchor (that's located closer
to the tower).
73 Mike N2MG
> wa3gin@erols.com wrote:
> Wondering if I can use two per cable to increase the
> ratings? My soil is sandy loam...
> thanks, dave wa3gin
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