[TowerTalk] FW: Guy article in CQ

[Bill K2OWR]

:::: Hopefully all will realize that I was just poking fun at the incredible 
amount of information being given on this topic.
I am quite serious though about my really never overthinking this that much. 
My tower installations have been under 100', except for one, and all I ever 
considered was getting the three angles close, using three sets of guys, and 
simply tensioning the turnbuckles as equal as I could just by "feel".
None of the towers ever fell, swayed, came down, or felt the least bit 
unsafe when I was at the very top.
I'm sure that most of the information given here was accurate, just not 
necessary unless it's a really big tower, installed in a really windy place 
where ice is a big problem......although most of my towers got a thick coat 
of ice every winter in NJ.

Bottom line....be safe gang!

BILL K2OWR




Tain't near that bad Bill.  Just keep the angles the same and the
tensions the same.
Actually there is a lot of leeway built in and I think many over think
it by far.


Unless a tower is pushed near its limits for load and/or height there is
a lot of flexibility as to what you can get away with. <:-))

73

Roger (K8RI)






> Bill K2OWR wrote:
>> :::: Holy cow!
>> I never knew any of this stuff about guys.
>> It must be a miracle that the dozen or so guyed towers that I've put up,
>> over the fifty years I've been a ham,
>> have not come crashing down, especially considering the brutal 
>> mountaintops
>> I've lived on.
>>
>> >From now on I'm going to have to consider the X an Y symmetrical sectors 
>> >as
>> well as the ying and yang of every one of my towers :-)
>>
>> BILL
>>
>>
> Tain't near that bad Bill.  Just keep the angles the same and the
> tensions the same.
> Actually there is a lot of leeway built in and I think many over think
> it by far.
>
>
> Unless a tower is pushed near its limits for load and/or height there is
> a lot of flexibility as to what you can get away with. <:-))
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
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