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Re: [TowerTalk] Uneven Ground

Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Uneven Ground
From: Lee Hiers <lee.hiers@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 15:58:04 -0400
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Doesn't that result in the two guys crossing each other?

AA4GA

On Thu, Oct 13, 2022 at 3:55 PM <john@kk9a.com> wrote:

> I am not a mechanical engineer but what I do is move the lower anchor
> further out (~3' in your case) and move the higher one closer to the tower
> in an attempt to maintain the guy wire angle at the tower. The angle will
> still vary slightly at the lower guy height(s) but it should work fine,
> even
> with multiple rotating beams mounted along the tower.
>
> GL
> John KK9A
>
> Lee Hiers AA4GA wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm putting a tower in a field at my QTH, and the field is terraced a bit.
> One guy anchor will be at the same level as the base, and one about three
> feet above that level and another about three feet below.
>
> The tower is 80' of Rohn 55G, and I'll be guying at 80' and 40'.  For the
> anchor at the same level as the base, I'll go out 80% - ~64'.  What do I do
> for the uphill and downhill anchors?
>
> Eventually I may have a side-mounted TH7 at the 40' level, FWIW.
>
> 73 de Lee, AA4GA
>
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