[TowerTalk] Combo guyed base, free standing tower

[K7LXC at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/22/03 10:39:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time, rupp at gnat.com 
writes:

> If a person wanted to put up a 150' tower but didn't have enough clear
>  acreage for full guying.and given the cost for a self supporting tower of
>  that height is prohibitive, would it be feasible and cost effective to put
>  up a 50' heavy duty guyed base topped with a light weight aluminum free
>  standing tower?

    Anything is feasible is engineered properly. Are you talking about 
putting a 100' aluminum tower on top of 50' of steel tower? What do you want to do 
with this structure? 

    Do you know what the cost of a 150' self-supporter is? What kind of load 
are you proposing? What's your county windspeed rating? (They're at  <A 
HREF="http://www.championradio.com">www.championradio.com</A> under Tech Notes if 
you don't know.)

Cheers,
Steve       K7LXC
TOWER TECH