[TowerTalk] Erections (Tower)

[gdaught6@stanford.edu]

On 8 Apr 2005 at 14:29, Pete Smith wrote:

> As for power lines 60 feet from a 100-foot steel tower -- whew, not
> me, man!

There's more to it than single measurements.  It's a 3-dimensional 
problem.  For instance, if the power lines are 60 feet ABOVE the top 
of the tower, it's very unlikely that the tower will touch the wires 
(assuming that the wires stay up!)

My 55 foot tower with a 2 element shorty-forty on it has its base 
about 40 feet from a power pole.  The tower can collapse in any way 
it chooses, and nothing will get closer than a few feet from the 
power lines.

73,

 George T. Daughters, K6GT