[TowerTalk] guy line anchor ?

[john at kk9a.com]

It looks like there may be a thrust bearing above the rotator.


----- 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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