[TowerTalk] guy line anchor ?

[WA3GIN]

He can place a thrust bearing just below KT-34 and run the guys from there 
if he wanted to do so.

I'd use philistran, not steel. You have a nice set-up now. Steel guy wires 
might effect the yagi's performance.

Enjoy the project,
dave
wa3gin

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Katz" <stevek at jmr.com>
To: "Doug Turnbull" <turnbull at net1.ie>; <john at kk9a.com>; 
<TOWERTALK at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] guy line anchor ?


> There's no place to do this with a tubular tower, as shown in the 
> photograph...and there's no way to mount a rotator inside the tower, 
> either.  Unless I've looked at completely the wrong photograph, the one I 
> saw was a 2-section telescoping tubular tower with a bell housing rotator 
> mounted on top and a KT-34A on that.
>
> -WB2WIK/6
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Doug Turnbull
> Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 2:14 PM
> To: john at kk9a.com; TOWERTALK at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] guy line anchor ?
>
>
> If one is carful steel bars can be inserted into a crank up so that the
> weight is no longer on the wire rope.   Then the tower can be stayed.  Of
> course one can always stay the lowest section of a crank up anyway.   I 
> have
> had a large crank up stayed now for nearly thirty years at heights of 
> first
> 88 feet and 80 feet for the last two years.  Of course once this is done 
> it
> is more problematic to take the tower down.   Some crank up towers
> manufactured by Westower of the UK in the past insisted on their large
> towers being stayed.
>
>             73 Doug EI2CN
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of john at kk9a.com
> Sent: 12 June 2009 21:53
> To: TOWERTALK at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] guy line anchor ?
>
> The problem with adding guy wires to a crank up tower is that it applies a
> downward force on the tower and the winch and cable may not be able to
> handle these forces.  Maybe you can find another spot for this vertical,
> perhaps mount it to your house.
>
> John KK9A
>
>
>
> To: "Towertalk" <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Subject: [TowerTalk] guy line anchor ?
> From: "Paul Young" <paul at g0hwc.com>
> Reply-to: Paul Young <paul at g0hwc.com>
> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:17:57 +0100
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>
> Hi all,
>
> I have decided to add guy lines to my free standing tower.
> I have 2 good points to tie to but the 3rd I need to make.
> It will need to be some sort of ground anchor, and looking
> for pointers.
>
> My Tower is only 45ft wind up / tilt over in a concrete block
> and has been up for over a year fine with a 4 ely tri-bander,
> I would like to add a big vertical to the top so the reason for
> the guy lines.
>
> photos here: http://www.g0hwc.com/latest_projects.html
> at bottom of the page.
>
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