[TowerTalk] star brackets

Jim Hoge knowkode at sbcglobal.net
Wed Aug 19 09:20:33 PDT 2009






       < Actually (and this is an  engineering question) the capacity is 
probably slightly reduced since  you're putting much more load on the legs due 
to doubling the guying forces with  the torque arm stabilizer, also known as 
a star bracket.>

Although I haven't worked with star brackets, I would think that guy wire size could be reduced when attachment is to a star bracket since there are two wires under tension rather than one. Smaller wires have lower working loads and hence the overall load wouldn't be doubled. I'd like to hear the truth on this issue too.
 
73,
Jim W5QM


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