[TowerTalk] Vertical? -Reply -Reply
lrrichoz
lrrichoz@execpc.com
Wed, 17 Jun 1998 20:34:02 -0500
Tim Ellam wrote:
>
> The Titan does NOT require guying. Mine survived several years
> of Nevada breezes (80 MPH gusts) unguyed with no problems. It
> is triple-walled at the mounting area and double walled the next eight
> feet.
>
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>
> I beg to differ. If you don't guy it it moves around so much it plays havoc
> with your matching. Even guyed, my Titan picked up a significant bend at
> the top section!
>
> Tim VE6SH
>
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I too have found that the Titan's matching stubbs get messed up in high
winds. The ant has survived 60+ mph winds with no bending or guying.
The steel tv mast it is mounted on did bend. The stubbs kept getting
mis-aligned in strong winds. I guyed it only to keep them straight.
73, lon... W9XU
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