[TowerTalk] Dropping guys

[john at kk9a.com]

I'm only daring enough to drop one set of guys at a time, mine are spaced 
55' or so apart.   Actually you only need to drop two of the guy wires as 
the back one is not an obstacle.  I wouldn't remove all of the guys if you 
have a pier pin base :)  This method works best if you install the top 
antenna first and work your way down the tower, however this rarely happens 
for me.

John KK9A  /  P40A



To: TOWERTALK at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Dropping guys
From: Cqtestk4xs at aol.com
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:45:08 -0500 (EST)

Actually 80 feet of Rohn 55 without an antenna is fine without  guying on a
calm day, provided there is a base built to Rohn specs.  I've  picked 80
and 90 footers, set them on tower sections with no problems.   Although I 
have
seen guys climb them at these heights, I would give in to the  pucker
factor and not do it.

If both sets are dropped at the same time it is MUCH easier than  doing one
set at a time.  Dropping both sets, hauling the antenna up past  the top
guy point and reguying is a one man job and takes no more than two hours
including the rigging.  I plan on getting an M2 4 4 el 40 up next week by
myself doing it this way.

YMMV.

Bill K4XS/KH7XS






In a message dated 11/14/2011 4:02:21 P.M. Greenwich Standard Time,
nn5k.mail at gmail.com writes:

I have  90 feet of Rohn 55 with two sets of philly guys.

I have winched up a  very large antenna using a ginpole and a nice capstan
winch set back from  the tower.    On a CALM DAY the RH55 is fine having one
set of  guys removed at a time.    What I do is winch the antenna up to
just
below the first set of guys and then disconnect them from the guy  points on
the ground and simply pass them under the beam.   Then  winch the beam up
just above the guy point and reattach and tension the  guys.    Continue on
up the tower for each set of guys.   If you have any fears about this
just attach another set of  guys just below the ones you want to loosen
Once the beam is above the temp  guys tension them and then loosen the
permanent set.....  Winch the  beam above the perm guy set and re-tension
them.     You can  work your way up the tower easily that way.    The guys
are all  disconnected from the point on the ground so nobody is on the tower
when  the guys are loosened and removed.

There are problems with tramming as  you should have a back guy so that the
high horizontal forces you add to  the tower are balanced.   That takes some
work also.    A heavy tram set up can have some pretty large forces on it
and that must  be set up safely.

With the horizontal lift method the forces are not  put perpendicular to the
tower so it is a pretty safe way to  go.


On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 8:50 PM, Larry <lknain at nc.rr.com>  wrote:

> I was looking for a detailed description of dropping guys  on a guyed
tower
> to raise an antenna but didn't see anything in my  searches that looked
> like such a description. I think I know how it is  done but I would prefer
> to
> see a desciption. Anyone have a  pointer to such a description?
>
> 73, Larry  W6NWS
>  _______________________________________________