[TowerTalk] Tower Concerns

[rmoodyg@juno.com]

I disagree..  It's the product liability attorneys looking to make their 
fortune from the "deepest pockets". 

Forget the search for 'Truth'..  The only thing that matters is who wins.

W4PJI

On Tue, 16 Jan 2001 18:41:10 -0500 "bill wall" <billwall@bellsouth.net>
writes:
> Hi all;
> The answer is insurance. The insurance companies put pressure on
> manufacturers. Ed, the tower erectors have their own engineers. They 
> do not
> look at the manufacturers specs. They have better engineers.
> Story: I have a good working relationship with some real good 
> commercial
> tower people that are based near my QTH.
> They install towers up to about 1200'. Their top engineer told me 
> the towers
> are not the problem. Bases and guying are the problem. He told me 
> ,and I
> believe him that the basic strength of any tower is the engineered 
> guys and
> their anchor points.
> They do not even see the tower manufacturers specs. Think about it. 
> Who will
> not be paid if the installation fails.
>                                CU  Bill KC4UZ
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Milcarsky" <jamvet@bellsouth.net>
> To: "TowerTalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 4:49 PM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Tower Concerns
> 
> 
> > I have asked for and received much help from the members of this 
> list
> > concerning my planned erection of a tower at a new QTH some time 
> this
> > summer.
> >
> > None of that advice suggested that I cut corners to save money.  I 
> am not
> > cheap.  I'd rather spend what it takes to make the site safe, 
> otherwise I
> > just will not put it up.
> >
> > It seems that the tower specs provided by the manufacturers are 
> not
> adequate
> > for many areas of the country.  Why they choose not to give us the 
> specs
> we
> > need, I will not venture to guess, but they are the only ones that 
> can do
> it
> > properly.
> >
> > Do commercial buyers get the specs that they need?  I can't 
> imagine they
> > just put up a tower and hope that it will survive 110 mph winds.  
> There
> are
> > a whole bunch of commercial towers here on the Florida east coast.
> >
> >
> > Ed Milcarsky  KG4ARN  kg4arn@arrl.net
> >
> >
> >
> >
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