[TowerTalk] Guying a Universal Aluminum Tower

[Cqtestk4xs at aol.com]

Two thoughts on that:
 
1.  I think that violates the prime directive...not  recommended by the 
manufacturer.
 
2.  That constant movement back and forth eventually "eggs"  out the 
openings where the tower flexes the most, causing further "egging" since  more 
movement is allowed.
 
This has been my experience with both Heights and Universal  towers.
 
By the way, I did guy an old Heights tower that was 64 feet with  one set 
of 3/16 guys.  Just be sure if you do this to put something between  the guy 
grip and the tower (I used an old hose), otherwise galvanic action  really 
tears up the aluminum.
 
Bill K4XS/KH7XS
 
 
 
In a message dated 11/18/2011 3:22:39 P.M. Greenwich Standard Time,  
w0jx at yahoo.com writes:

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
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