[TowerTalk] Guy rod stress

[Jerry W5KP]

A fair question, and I did mull that over a bit, but the rods are 7' long
5/8" mild steel, will have about 3' sticking out of the ground, and with a
30' increase, the center is only raised about 9 feet. That didn't seem to be
enough to worry about. Maybe I should set them to aim 5' high to start with
and split the difference.
73, Jerry W5KP

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Gilmer - N2MG" <n2mg@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 2:33 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Guy rod stress


> Part of a recent thread referred to wanting the ability to change a guyed
tower's height at some date after initial construction.  While a noble goal
to plan ahead, I wonder what kind of added stress occurs in the guy rod if
at rest it is not pointing to the approximate center of the tower?  Is it
something to worry about?
>
> 73 Mike N2MG
>
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