[TowerTalk] Guy rope damping

Bill Turner dezrat at copper.net
Thu May 1 13:01:47 EDT 2008


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On Thu, 01 May 2008 07:03:32 -0400, Mike <nf4l at nf4l.com> wrote:

>I've never understood that. The purpose of guys is to keep the vertical 
>structure from falling over. I've never heard of a case of one jumping 
>straight up.

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While I appreciate the humor there, I think the purpose of having the
guys tight is to keep the tower/vertical from beginning a back and forth
swaying kind of resonance motion in the wind. 

Preventing the jumping up is just a bonus. :-)

73, Bill W6WRT


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