In a message dated 11/9/2005 8:21:51 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
towertalk-request@contesting.com writes:
>> The guy wire tension should be in the drawings somewhere, or at least in
the load calculations. Look in the part of the calculations where they
figure out wind loads.
That's assuming you get the calcs at some point. The only time you would
have them is if you actually retained a PE to do the calcs and you got a copy
of
them. For any tower I have ever erected, there has never been any kind of
calcs or installation instructions that came with it so you're on your own.
As far as guy tension, you didn't say what kind of guy wire you'll be
using. For 3/16" EHS (extra high strength) it's rated at 4000# ultimate
breaking strength so you'd tension it to 400#. Find out the UBS of your cable
and
use 10% of it.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
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