[TowerTalk] Unguyed Guyed Tower

[Phil Camera]

I think you're reading the Rohn specs incorrectly.
For a 70 mph wind here's the following:
No Ice - 55 ft height
Rohn 45  0 sf
Rohn 55 4.0 sf
Rohn 65 24.4 sf

With 1/2" Ice -55 ft height
Rohn 45 0 sf
Rohn 55 0 sf
Rohn 65 25 sf

I think that if you want to eliminate guys then you should put up a real Self Supporting tower, like a Trylon or AN Wireless.  I don't understand how the guys got in the way if you used a tram on your recent project?  Unless.... you didn't run the tram wires out far enough from the base of the tower so that everything is above the guys?  Or, maybe you didn't have a tall enough mast above the attachment point of the antenna.  But, I agree with making things easier as we get older.

Phil  KB9CRY