[TowerTalk] Guying a self-supporting tower - Yes

[Doug Renwick]

David Robbins K1TTT wrote:

 > 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

Is a single qualified mechanical engineer equal to God?  Did this engineer
achieve 100% on every one of his/her exams from a respected college?  Can
a lot of faith be placed in a single engineer's calculations.  Would it be
a better idea to compare the answers from say three independent engineers
and see if they agree, PE stamp or not?

Doug/VA5DX