[TowerTalk] Guying a self-supporting tower - Yes

[Doug Renwick]

Don Moman wrote:

 > Count me firmly in the side that approves of guying a self supporting tower.
 > And I can personally attest to VA5DX Doug's experience with guyed Delhi
 > structures - he has been there and done it and they have survived..... with
 > significant loads such as 4 el 40m KLM's to well over 100 feet.  And in
 > Canada what we refer to as the "Coke Bottle" style of Delhi (older stuff
 > with stepped transitions) appears very similar to Rohn BX.


At one time I had the 4L 40m KLM at 132 feet on a Delhi guyed tower.
At another time I had a wind come through here that broke the boom of the
KLM but did no damage to the Delhi tower.  That's a 42 foot boom with lots or
torque.

 > Look at any Rohn tower book or spec - Rohn tower sections are self
 > supporting to "X" feet.   Add guy wires and the structure is good to X plus
 > many more feet.


So now we have two tower manufacturers, Delhi and Rohn, that state or imply that
a sensibly guyed three legged self-supporting tower is fine.
None have said not to guy.

Doug/VA5DX