[TowerTalk] Philly installation

[jimlux]

Cqtestk4xs at aol.com wrote:
>  
> In a message dated 8/31/2009 10:17:31 PM Greenwich Standard Time,  
> jimlux at earthlink.net writes:
> 
> Nothing  says you have to tension the cable to a particular fraction of 
> it's  breaking strength. It's more a matter of the desired tension for  
> appropriate stability for the structure.  You could tension million  
> pound breaking strength cable to the same few hundred pounds as the the  
> regular non-EHS cable.
> 
> 
> I've found that unless you tighten to specs, the tower is  "sloppier" and 
> has more play.  The sloppiness allows wind gusts to have  more of an effect 
> on the tower.
>  
> Again, the prime directive is in effect here.  I believe the  Rohn book 
> calls for specified tensioning.


But is the specified tensioning by type of cable, or generally?  From a 
force standpoint, the tension is determined by external loads (e.g. the 
winds).