[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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