[TowerTalk] HDX-555 load question

[Stone, Gary R.]

Hi,

I was told NOT to guy that tower as it would put undue stress on the
tower as it is designed to not be guyed - but I can't remember who told
me that - I *think* it was someone at US Towers - but it may have been
Texas Towers.

Gary, N5PHT


-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Peter Voelpel
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 10:03 AM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] HDX-555 load question

Of course it must be guyed at the  top and probably above the centre to
prevent buckling.

I was not talking about guying the bottom section which would be
useless.

Is there any reason for that particular tower not to become guyed?

 

Cheers

Peter

 

 

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From: K7LXC at aol.com [mailto:K7LXC at aol.com] 



>  you will most likely not install both beams at one level.
When one will be stacked above the other you cannot just add the wind
loads.
The upper one puts much more bending force on the tower then the lower
one.
You probably have to lower it during high winds or support it with
guying.

        Guying it won't be helpful. You can only guy the bottom section
but
the failure point will be in the un-guyed upper 1/3 or so of the tower,
not
the bottom section. 

 

Cheers,

Steve      K7LXC
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