[TowerTalk] Guyed self-supporters (was "Concrete suggestions")

[K3BU at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/17/03 9:41:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time, K7LXC at aol.com 
writes:

>      The purpose of this reflector is for thoughtful questions and answers 
to 
>  tower and HF antenna construction questions. Please refrain from future 
>  similar posts that don't add anything of value to an ongoing thread. Tnx. 
>  
>  Cheers,
>  Steve     K7LXC
>  TOWERTALK ADMINISTRATOR

Herr TT Administrator.

As far as I am aware I tried to present some reasoning based on engineering 
knowledge. If you or anyone wants calculations for a specific design or 
situation, you can contract me and I would be glad to do for a fee (takes 
time). I will do it for free for my next project - extending base of Big 
Bertha by 30', calculating permissible loads without guy wires and with, to 
know the limits of the installation (so I will not end up like W2HCW snapping 
it).

It is interesting that you let go stabs and snotty remarks from ignoramuses 
and you jump on me for trying to reason in layman terms for others to 
understand and refute unsupported claims. When I try to inject some humor to 
color the posting, you start pulling out your uniform. What was that "I 
must've forgot. What kind of engineering degree do you have again?"

I make a statement here and challenge anyone to refute and I put up $1000 
reward.

"Properly designed self supporting tower, with design loads, for certain 
weather conditions and outfitted with at least one set of properly placed guy 
wires (with proper anchors) will be able to withstand greater loads or more 
severe weather conditions than without guy wires." 

Prove me wrong and get kilobuck!

Happy Easter to everyone!

Dipl. Ing. Yuri Blanarovich, P.Eng., M.Sc.
President Computeradio