[TowerTalk] Guy Cable

[W2RU - Bud Hippisley]

K8RI wrote:

>You have to remember that a deep catenary in a high mass guy is the 
>equivelant of stretch as far as movement of the tower is concerned.
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Very good point, Roger.  My comments were in response to the discussion 
about *other* types of wire rope vs. the conventional EHS we use -- all 
of which I would treat as "high mass" guys.  I wasn't attempting to make 
a comparison of Phillystran vs. EHS.

>The important items are how far does the tower move
>
Absolutely!

> Grab a properly tensioned EHS line out about 10 feet from an anchor and pull 
>up and down on it. You should be able to get a resonant movement going on 
>towers of a 100 feet or so. This should result in sympathetic movement in 
>the other guy lines.
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Agreed.  In fact, isn't this the "officially approved" way of removing 
ice and snow from one's antennas?.... :-)

Bud, W2RU