[TowerTalk] US Tower damaged by lightning

[K7LXC at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/28/2010 4:38:49 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:

>  I don't know why lightning would damage your steel tower  cables.  I 
never 
replaced my guy wires after a strike.  US  Towers recommends changing 
cables 
frequently, regardless of lightning, but  very few people do it. 
 
    For one they typically can't - it's not an easy  job.
 
    Also, the 3-year cable replacement recommended by  UST is a weasel 
clause. That is, if you have some semi-fatal problem and you  didn't replace the 
cables, they can weasel out of any responsibility. 
 
    In typical usage, I've never seen crank-up cables  that actually should 
have been replaced - even in crank-ups 20 years old and  older.
 
Cheers,
Steve    K7LXC
TOWER TECH