Dear Group:
Thank you for your comments -- all, very good points. Yes, I may be over
thinking this.
I purposely bought the heavy duty tower to make sure I had more than the
required antenna area capacity. I just thought that if I had the choice of
base plate orientation, I'd go for the best incremental improvement. I have to
admit -- I didn't think about the torsional aspect and the fact that winds do
have rotational movements in these big storms. I think I now understand the
situation a lot better.
Thanks to all of you,
Norm
KE0ZT
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From: TowerTalk [towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] on behalf of Gary - N5KDA
[n5kda@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2014 6:53 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Is A Tower Weaker in Some Directions?
I do a lot of VHF/UHF and ran stuff like 7/8" and 1 5/8" heliax down the tower
legs. Then I noticed the cell phone companies run their heliax down the face of
the tower. Around SW MS it seems to be random (what ever is easy for the
installer). In the long run I don't think it makes any difference. If strong
rotating wind gets to the tower there is no way to know which side it will blow
strongest on.
Having three towers that survived an EF-2 that's just my opinion.
Gary - N5KDA
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