[TowerTalk] Guying a self-supporter

[Steve Maki]

Peter Voelpel wrote:

>> 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.

> Rigid tapered towers certainly do exist
 >
> http://www.pbase.com/df3kv/image/46485737
> http://www.pbase.com/df3kv/image/46485735
> http://www.pbase.com/df3kv/image/46485719
> http://www.pbase.com/df3kv/image/50045878
> http://www.pbase.com/df3kv/image/86339595
> http://www.df0cg.de/pictures/station/tower6.jpg
> http://www.df0cg.de/pictures/gallery/arbeiten/2006/arbeiten_2006_47.jpg

Hi Peter,

Hey, those are some mighty strong looking tapered towers, but they are 
not "perfectly" rigid, which is what I should have said....

73,
Steve K8LX