[TowerTalk] guy levels ?

[Hardy Landskov]

Also much easier to tram the antennas up and down when the last guy wire is
5 or 10 feet down.
73 Hardy N7RT


At 03:10 AM 8/22/2007 -0000, Don Moman VE6JY wrote:
>Unless the tower was heavily loaded and therefore required it, I would
>never put the guy at the very top. It is MUCH easier to work around the
>top of the tower if the guy is 5 feet down.  
>
>73 Don
>VE6JY
>
>
>...If you are only using the top of your tower, I would place the 
>guys at 30', 60' and 90'.
>
>John KK9A
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>I was under the impression that one shouldn't guy a tower at regular
>spacings, because the wind can excite standing vibrational modes in the
>tower that can lead to failure. In such modes, the vibrational standing
>wave nodes would be at the guy anchor points. I thought non-integer
>spacing of guy wires was recommended to eliminate this possibility. Am I
>wrong about this?
>
>Jim W8ZR
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