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[Towertalk] Guy Lengths, climbing unguyed tower sections

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Subject: [Towertalk] Guy Lengths, climbing unguyed tower sections
From: olinger@bellsouth.net (olinger@bellsouth.net)
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 14:33:21 -0500
Working at 90 feet on Rohn 25 with guys at 35 and 68 feet was just plain nasty. 
Took every bit of mental teeth gritting I could muster to convince myself I was 
not swinging into the ground. 

Wasn't any better or worse at 60 feet with guys at 35. 

Then again, maybe that's just me.

73, Guy K2AV

> 
> From: "Mike Gilmer, N2MG"<n2mg@eham.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Date: 2002/10/31 Thu PM 12:01:24 EST
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [Towertalk] Guy Lengths, climbing unguyed tower sections
> 
> I've found (and others have agreed) that when on a tower that has one 
> guy set installed (say at 31') and you are working on the second, yet-
> uninstalled, set (say at 62') this oscillation is the worst.  Seems the 
> fact that you have an equal amount of tower above and below the one guy 
> set is nasty.  Once you have two guy sets in place, being at the 3rd 
> set (although higher) is less traumatizing. ;-)
> 
> Mike N2MG
> 
> N4ZR wrote:
> > I've been on top of 4 unguyed sections -- well, guyed at 31, 
> > next guy set being installed at 62, so I was 8 feet down from 
> > the top of the 4th section.  That SLOOOW oscillation convinces 
> > you that you're probably about to go for Mr. Toad's wild ride.  
> > No thanks!
> 
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