Gary et al:
An opportune time to remind all about Mark N1LO's great tome on antenna
and tower references: http://www.qsl.net/n1lo/towers.txt . Probably as
close to anything as you'll come to a real textbook on the subjects of tower
design, installation and maintenance.
Be advised - it's a large text file so it will take a while to download
on all but the fastest of connections.
73 de
Gene Smar AD3F
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stone, Gary R." <Gary.Stone@med.va.gov>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 1:20 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Questions about Tower Maintenance
Hi to all,
This is N5PHT, Gary. I am looking for some very specific steps to adjusting
guy wires on a tower. I have a RG45 up 80 feet. It is the pier / pad
construction. I would like to be able to adjust the guys with step by step
instructions (for dummies like me). What guy do you start with, etc. I
have a handheld device to measure the tension and I have read that the
tension should be around 10% (which would be 650 lbs inch I believe). The
installer came back and tweaked things a couple times after settling but I
would like to learn to do the maintenance myself. I am using Phillystran ¼
inch and the tower is guyed in two places with 3 guys per common
installation.
A tutorial on this type of tower maintenance I would be great? Also, any
other maintenance instructions?
I had lots of loading questions, etc. early on and now the tower has been up
about 2 months and doing well. Thanks for all the help from the group. It
has a 40 foot Optibeam and a smaller Force 12 (with about 32 sq. feet
total). The Optibeam and the Force12 are about 12 feet apart. I had some
rotator problems but I hope that is now worked out all ok.
Gary Stone, N5PHT
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See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless
Weather Stations", and lot's more. Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any
questions and ask for Sherman, W2FLA.
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and ask for Sherman, W2FLA.
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