You are correct Ken - the discussion is mostly academic, but an area of my
personal interest.
Matt
KM5VI
>> I am curious. All this talk about concrete strength, rebar, etc. Is
anyone aware of a tower base failure due to strength of the concrete or lack
of rebar? (Except for damage from a lightning strike.) From what I hear,
the vast majority of tower failures are 20-30' above the base. Base
failures? Are they really an issue?
>> As I mentioned, 40 years ago, little was said about base concrete,
rebar, etc. OTOH, 40 years ago, 60' was a big tower. Maybe that's part of
the issue.
>> Ken WA8JXM
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