After Hurricane Charlie roared through Punta Gorda in 2005 I had to make a
tower delivery to Clear Channel for a back up link the next day. I saw
several tower failures with screw anchors yanked out of the ground. Wet
sandy soil was evident at the anchor points.
I have FL sugar sand at my QTH and have used screw anchors on only one of
the towers...a 65 footer with a light load. The screw anchors on that one
are 8 feet long and are the same ones the power companies use. The 200
footers are all guyed with concrete "sleds" 7 feet wide, four feet front to
back and 3 feet thick, buried 5 1/2 to 6 ft deep with enough rebar and
concrete to build a small house in FL. Pretty much to Rohn specs.
Bill K4XS
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