Thanks. Do you recall were the guys viewed as a "supplement" or were you
essentially going from a self supporting tower to a guyed tower once you added
the guy wires (ie. did you still need the original self supporting base once
guys were added ?)
I've always been very skeptical about the concept of adding guys to self
supporting towers and I'm interested in hearing about manufactures that either
condone or recommend this.
--- On Mon, 11/3/08, Cqtestk4xs@aol.com <Cqtestk4xs@aol.com> wrote:
From: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com <Cqtestk4xs@aol.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Guying self-supporters
To: TOWERTALK@contesting.com
Received: Monday, November 3, 2008, 5:50 PM
In a message dated 11/3/2008 10:27:46 PM Greenwich Standard Time,
mspencer12345@yahoo.ca writes:
I'd be interested in seeing this as well.
Regards
Mark VE7AFZ
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OK...Here's one. In the 70s the Universal Towers came with guying
informations, but were made to be self-supporting. If you ever climbed one of
the old
Universal towers that had only a 14 or 11 inch top, guying would not seem
optional.
..............and I'm not 100% sure on this one, I think the same was true
of the old Heights towers (70s style), not the new breed.
The guying would really have been a challenge since using PLP grips would
have been out of the question. You had to wrap the guy wire through both of
the cross braces where they met at the tower leg. That was a considerable
distance, especially on the 26 inch face.
Maybe someone has the pics from the old Universal pamphlet. I threw mine
out a long time ago when I sold those 70s pieces of junk.
Bill K4XS/KH7XS
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