[TowerTalk] Tower height questions

[Roger K8RI on Tower]

I'm at 97 to the top of the tower out here in the flat lands and use three 
sets of Philystrand 6600# test.
http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/Tower26.htm  Each guy anchor weighs 
around 17,000# while the tower (ROHN 45G) sets in a little over a yard and a 
half of concrete.

Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
www.rogerhalstead.com


> In a message dated 4/27/05 11:54:17 PM Greenwich Standard Time, 
> K2EK at aol.com
> writes:
> Guying...
> OK - I was on a hilltop with a 700' face that always had hefty venturi
> wind...  It ate every rotator or antenna I put up, so I am probably biased 
> to
> conservatism.  To me, 2 sets of guys for a 70 or 80 foot tower with that 
> much
> antenna sound like trouble.  Mine was 90 feet with 3 1/4" EHS guys - based
> out at 80
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>
> According to the Rohn book, guying at 35 and 70 ft is recommended in zone
> C...110 MPH.
>
> Bill K4XS
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