[TowerTalk] Tower base dimensions - why?

[Jim Miller]

Your answer is exactly why I think the deeper base would be the most stable.
Guess I didn't specify why in the original message.  Waiting to see what the
engineers have to say.  Good luck with Ivan.  Looks like you will get real
wet if nothing else.

73, Jim

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Cqtestk4xs at aol.com>
To: <TOWERTALK at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 9:04 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower base dimensions - why?


> One more thing to consider.....the push on the tower from the wind trying
to
> overturn the tower, trying to put it on its side.  The higher the tower
the
> more leverage on the base from the wind.  The bigger and deeper the  tower
the
> more resistance to the overturning momentum from the wind.  This,  of
course,
> is probably not very important if the tower is guyed, since the Rohn
> catalogue only specifies a four foot hole for Rohn 55 at 200 feet.
>
> I'm not an engineer, so the above is in layman's terms. I'll let  you know
if
> a big base is important next week if Ivan hits the West coast of  FL.
>
> Bill K4XS
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