[TowerTalk] Guying a Universal Aluminum Tower

[Dennis W0JX]

Has anyone out there successfully guyed a Universal aluminum tower? My current configuration is 30 taper, 26 st, 26 taper, 22 st, 22 taper, 

18 st, 18 taper, and 14 top. It has a huge monstrous concrete base. It is 80 feet total in height and nothing else in on the tower. I had a TH6 on it for 12 years with no problems but just replaced that with a TH-11 (a fantastic antennas BTW) which has a 12 sq. ft wind load, considerably more than the TH6. With high winds, it moves around quite a bit and I am uncomfortable with that. I am thinking of putting two sets of guys on it to stabilize the movement without shifting a lot of the load to the guys. The tower is protected in most directions by mature trees that are taller than the tower and that break the force of the wind quite a bit.


I have seen these towers with a set of rope guys at the top to minimize the swaying but I think it was done without any real thought to it.

73, Dennis W0JX/8
Milan, OH