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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Mast/tower design close in guyed by shrouds and spreaders?
From: Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g@windstream.net>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 11:06:23 -0500
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I got a bargain tower that is a current project for refurb and reinstall. It started life as a 100 ft tall tower with a wind generator on top. Gyroscopic forces generated by wind shifts without the wind slowing before changing directions resulted in the top 60 ft and the generator falling to the ground in a twisted mess. I bought the bottom 40 ft for about $200. I have tilted it over to the ground and will soon dismantle it for transport to my location. The legs are made of 6 each 20 ft lengths of 4 inch ID 1/4 inch thick steel tube with welded on flanges for bolts. Hopefully I will have better luck with the tower than the original owner. I do not anticipate massive gyroscopic forces in the service for which lit will be used.

73

Patrick NJ5G


On 5/19/2014 9:56 PM, Hans Hammarquist via TowerTalk wrote:
I think you can find what you are looking for if you check out design of towers 
for wind generators. They are usually a cone shaped structure. A other approach 
is how towers for high voltage (and i mean really high voltage) power lines are 
designed.


The power line towers appears much more like "standard" ham radio towers (My 
opinion.)



I would not try to design something from scratch.


Hans - N2JFS



-----Original Message-----
From: Ray, W4BYG <w4byg@att.net>
To: towertalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Mon, May 19, 2014 3:19 pm
Subject: [TowerTalk] Mast/tower design close in guyed by shrouds and spreaders?


Is there any readily available design/build information for designing a
modest height (35 to 46 feet) ham tower or mast, that would be close guyed
using spreaders?  This would allow guying with close in dimensions, probably
anchored about the same distance from the base as the spreaders are long.
It would be something like what is done with spreaders and shrouds on
sailboats.  I have studied the subject relating to sailboats but the related
sail mast bending forces seem to complicate the subject.
Close in guying is practical and possible with proper design. I am aware of
an original 1000' TV tower in Jacksonville, FL (ch 4) that the guys (no
spreaders just straight guys) went out somehting less than 200'.  Ch 17's
original 1000' tower (in downtown Atlanta) was self supporting and as I
recall only had a base of about 50 maybe 75'.  So wide 2/3h and 3/4h guying
is not always necessary.  With good information, close in guying schemes
should be in some circumstances, possible and practical.
Anyone have any insight on the subject?

Ray, W4BYG

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