[TowerTalk] Guying a self-supporting tower

[David Hachadorian]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry K3BZ" <k3bz at arrl.net>
To: "David Robbins K1TTT" <k1ttt at arrl.net>; <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 8:24 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Guying a self-supporting tower - Yes


> 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^)

When the wind is blowing at 80 mph, just think about what is at stake 
out there, both financially and in the labor involved in replacement. 
I don't think you want to be relying on seat-of-the-pants guesswork to 
keep it all up.  I'm not sure I would trust a local engineer to do the 
calcs correctly, either, at least in my hick town. I think the best 
solution is to stick with factory specs on a guyed or freestanding 
tower, or to overload a crankup/pulldown tower and keep it cranked 
down whenever there is the danger of a significant wind event. If you 
can get the factory engineers to bless your guying of a freestander, 
that's ok too.

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ







































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