wind force design criteria

[Henry Knoll]

On Wed, 7 Aug 1996 02:40:37 -0700 (PDT),
w7ni@teleport.com wrote...

>I believe that the only honest way to display the true capability of any
>tower would be to state its capability at wind speeds it expects to
>encounter when installed.

The manufacturers will give you this info if you ask for it.
  
>If you think about it for a minute, any crankup that is fully extended and
>with no antennas on it at all will come down at SOME wind speed. 

Any tower will come down at SOME wind speed.

73

Henry  WA0GOZ