[TowerTalk] To guy or not to guy...that is the question

[Robrk]

Same setup worked fine for 20 years. A couple of 40/ 80 inverted V's made from copper clad keeps your mind at ease.

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On Jul 29, 2010, at 12:40 PM, Kevin Elliott <kg0mn at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I am just about to start the installation of my new 40' Rohn 25 tower and here 
> is a brief explanation of how it will be setup and what will be on it.  Then you 
> can tell me whether guying the tower is needed or not.  Due to the small size of 
> my back yard the guy wires would need to be adjust slightly to stay within the 
> confines of my yard.  The tower is going to be attached to a 4' short tower 
> section why will be placed into a 4' X 4' X 4" hole with 6 inches of sand and 
> rock at the bottom and the short tower section with be set into the rock and 
> sand about 6".  The tower is going to be erected beside my detached garage which 
> measures 20 ft to the center peak.  Approximately two feet from the peak of the 
> roof I will be attaching a wall bracket which will be held in place with 
> threaded readi-rod to a 4' X 4" pressured treated piece of lumber that will span 
> five studs inside the garage to spread the load across the entire wall instead 
> of depending on two studs.
> 
> Now the antenna that will be mounted on the tower which is going to be 
> approximately 40' is a Mosley TA-33 and a 5 element 440 antenna and a 6 element 
> 2 meter antenna.  So with this setup can I get by without the need for guy 
> wires?
> 
> Thanks
> Kevin Elliott - KG0MN
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