In a message dated 4/17/03 10:18:17 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
n4zr@contesting.com writes:
> > K3BU:
> >So you are saying that self supporting towers have "weaker legs" than
guyed
> >towers? Look around!
> >Again, with guys, legs in the self supporting tower share the vertical
load.
>
> >Yes there is some additional vertical component from the guy, but that is
> way
> >below what would break the legs.
>
>
> I don't think it's possible to make such a blanket statement. The only
> right answer would be "it depends." The only thing you know for sure is
> that guying a self-supporting tower is putting forces on it that it is not
> designed for. There may be plenty of margin, or there may not.
>
That is the example of wrong blanket statement. Force induced by guy wires is
fractional from the forces that self-supporting tower is experiencing when
alone. Again there is no need to tension the guy wires as in properly
designed guyed tower, some slack is preferred.
Yuri, K3BU
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