[TowerTalk] Guying a self-supporter

[Steve Maki]

Roger (K8RI) wrote:

> Static load would increase on all legs. I'd expect to see the down wind 
> leg loading increase to a point, depending on guy tension.

Roger,

I want to understand exactly what you're saying here.

In a strong wind, would you expect there to be more total compression in 
the downwind leg with guys attached? I would expect just the opposite...

In low winds, yes the static compression from the guys will add moderate 
extra loading, but I would expect the curves to cross at some medium 
wind speed. This is for a rigid tapered tower (which doesn't exist), but 
I'm betting the results are similar in most reasonable real life scenarios.

Steve K8LX