[TowerTalk] Guying a self-supporting tower - Yes

[Jerry K3BZ]

That would be the "sensible" conclusion if one is an engineer or if one
believes that only engineers can reach "sensible" conclusions.... and I say
that with all due respect.  Maybe it's just that I'm not smart enough to
understand what's being said, but I sometimes think engineers over-analyze
things to such an extent that any "meaningful" conclusions get lost in the
arithmetic... 8^)

73,  Jerry K3BZ

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Robbins K1TTT" <k1ttt at arrl.net>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 7:25 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Guying a self-supporting tower - Yes


> 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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