[TowerTalk] Wear on guy cable/tower

[Greg Gobleman]

These messages on 4 point guying reminded me that I have wanted to ask about
guy wires slowly wearing their way thru towers.  It was mentioned to loop
the guy wires around the tower leg at the proper height. (At least that is
how I took it)  With the flex in the tower will that wear thru the cable or
tower.  I have never seen damage from this so I can only assume that the
galvanize coating acts as a lubricant?

In my situation, I opted to use a pointy top section with a Hazer setup on a
Rohn 25G.  I have a anti-twist bracket and bars at 28'  and I put another
set of guys at the top by simply looping the guy wire and dropping it over
the point at 57'.  At the time I was simply trying to clear the Hazer when
it was cranked to the top.  The upper pulley bracket has a much stronger
mount on a pointy section and because of where the Hazer sits on the cross
legs on Rohn 25G, I was able to mount the first antenna at a lower height on
the mast and still clear the tower.  There is very little movement in the
tower at 28'.  With the Hazer acting as a lever and with a Telrex TB6EM (26'
boom & 85lbs), a Cushcraft 40m dipole and a 2m vert, cabling and a T2X,
there is a lot of movement at the top.  I was wondering about the guy cables
sawing their way thru that top section.

I have thought of several options, but I would like some outside opinions.
73
Greg K9ZM


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