[TowerTalk] Guy Wire lengths

[Tom Wagner]

Bob --

The *horizontal* forces of each guy wire at the tower will be equal,
no matter which you tension first.  If they are not equal, the
tower will move until they are equal.  

With one guy wire longer than the other two, it will exert less
*downward* force than the other two.  I don't think this is a 
problem.  

Tom - N1MM  
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert L. Shohet <kq2m@eci.com>
To: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 4:40 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Guy Wire lengths


>
>For the large tower (130') I am going to have the guy anchors roughly
>95-100' away from the tower base on two "legs".  On the third leg,
>however, I don't want the guy anchor in the middle of my lawn.  In order
>to reach the "edge" of the lawn, the anchor will need to be about 150'
>from the tower base and about 7' below the tower base.
>
>Does this create a safety problem to have two anchors 100' away and the
>third one about 150' away?  My understanding is that it should be ok as
>long as I tension the lowest leg first (the 150').
>
>I would appreciate your comments and suggestions.
>
>Tnx & 73
>
>Bob KQ2M
>
>
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