[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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