[TowerTalk] Guying a self-supporting tower - Yes

[David Robbins K1TTT]

The only 'sensible' conclusions to this are the following:

1. do what the manufacturer says for 'standard' installations
2. do what a qualified mechanical engineer who has performed the analysis on
the specific design says for non-standard installations




David Robbins K1TTT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Doug Renwick
> Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 03:16
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Guying a self-supporting tower - Yes
> 
> No.  Let's take this topic to a sensible conclusion.  Unless we do
> reach a conclusion this topic will come up again with opinion vs
> experience vs fact vs manufacturers instructions vs guess vs .....
> Do we really want to go through this exercise again at a later date?
> 
> David Robbins K1TTT wrote:
> 
> > I would just bypass the whole guy wire question.  Get some high strength
> > copperweld and some strong insulators and put a couple of slopers down
> away
> > from the power line.  gets you more antennas and some fall protection as
> > well.
> 
> 
> Doug/VA5DX
> 
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