[TowerTalk] Guy detailing

[Jim Lux]

At 09:36 PM 6/28/2005, Ron Hylton wrote:
>Hi Jon,
>
>When I layed out my tower, which is also on uneven terrain, I rented a
>transit level from the rental department of the local Home Depot.  Both the
>horizontal and vertical axis of the transit are marked in degrees, so
>achieving the 120 degree separation on the horizontal axis was a snap.  To
>determine the distance from the tower, to take into account the terrain,
>required some trigonometry, but it worked out great.

Depending on the transit, it might have stadia marks in the telescope, 
which, in combination with a suitable rod, will make determining distance 
pretty easy.



>   I can provide you with
>more info about how exactly I performed the calculations, if you would like.
>I set-up an Excel spreadsheet to assist in finding the right spacing to
>achieve the same angle for the top guy wires with respect to the tower for
>the three anchors.

This brings up an interesting point.  I wonder how critical it is that all 
the guys leave the tower at the same angle relative to vertical?