Torque arms necessary?

[Kris Mraz AA5UO]

K7LXC@aol.com wrote:

> 
>      A non-engineering answer is definitely!  Handling torsion forces is a
> significant challenge for any tower.
> 
>      1.  Do what the manufacturer says; Rohn says use the guy assemblies.
> 

Understand about guy assemblies. I will be using them. However, Rohn sells
the torque arms separately. Locally they're about $100 a set of three. In the
Rohn catalog (the short, ham version) torque arms aren't listed in the bill of
materials for the various tower examples.

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73
Kris AA5UO
mraz@aud.alcatel.com