[TowerTalk] Tower guy wires / EHS size

[K7LXC at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/25/2007 3:07:47 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:

>  Inadequate guy tension causes excessive guy catenary. Guy  catenary is a 
function of guy tension and the weight of the guy wire and all  associated 
hardware (e.g., insulators and guy grips).

>   Excessive guy catenary allows excessive tower movement during wind  
events.  Tower movement slackens the down wind guy(s) during wind events.  Repeated 
slackening and tightening leads guy hardware  failure.


    It's also called 'wind slamming' which is a  little more graphic. Either 
way you've got potential trouble. 
 
Cheers,
Steve     K7LXC
TOWER TECH 








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