[TowerTalk] RE: One Man Tower-LRFD

[jlberry at direcway.com]

Well, Steve Higbee can stand flat footed in a strong wind storm and lower antennas if he wants but I prefer not to absorb a lightning strike in the process. It is a nice feature if wind is all you have to deal with. But since that is seldom the case, I'd say wind load is still relevant.

----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Tavan <tavan at tibco.com>
Date: Thursday, February 19, 2004 1:32 pm
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] RE: One Man Tower-LRFD

> No, it's a typo. I received the following from Steve Higbee KD6JDM 
> of 
> One Man Tower USA, the authorized US source:
> 
> "Please note:  the website is incorrect on the antenna area 
> rating.  Should
> be 5.7 SF.  Antenna area actually is irrelevant in the case of a 
> One-Man
> Tower, as you may stand on solid ground and quickly and easily 
> lower a very
> large array, even during a strong wind storm.  Our towers are 
> unique in that
> respect." 
> 
> 
> I don't think he really meant "irrelevant" or "very large" either. 
> These 
> intriguing towers are not the easiest to evaluate. Any 
> testimonials out 
> there?
> 
> /Rick N6XI
> 
> Pete Smith wrote:
> 
> > I guess I inferred from the area number used and the resulting 
> wind 
> > speeds, that if you worked the problem backwards he's saying 
> that 19 
> > square feet are good to at least 100 mph (103 is the lowest 
> speed 
> > given in the table).  Is this correct?
> 
> 
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