[Towertalk] tower loading

[Scott & Sherry Souva]

Buy the specs? I asked and US Tower sent them to me.  BTW - I love my TX-455
with a Tennadyne T-6 sitting on top.

73 de KG2S,
Scott

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kelly Johnson" <KellyJohnson@telocity.com>
To: <K7LXC@aol.com>
Cc: <ve6wz@shaw.ca>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 12:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] tower loading


> US Tower catalogs state the 50 MPH ratings.  If you buy the engineering
specs
> they give you windloading specs for 50 AND 70 mph.
>
> K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 5/2/02 5:34:24 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
ve6wz@shaw.ca
> > writes:
> >
> > > I have estimated the total windloading (14 sq ') of my antenna stack
to be
> > > less than the max. recommended by US tower...this is a good thing.
> >
> >     AT WHAT WINDSPEED? 50 MPH? In the US, the lowest rating is 70 MPH so
> > according to the US Tower catalog NONE of them are rated correctly for
ANY
> > real application.
> >
> >     What's your local windspeed rating?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Steve     K7LXC
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