[TowerTalk] Guying a TX-472 bottom section

[SPWoo]

Hi Steve, et al,

FYI.  I e-mailed UST today and I got a blessing from one of their engineer to guy the bottom section with a guy tension of 400lbs.  He also said no special hardware is needed.  I could either wrap the guy around the tower leg or attach an eye bolt on the top of the leg.  I have never done any guying work so I will seek help from two neighboring hams whom both have guyed towers.  They have the space for guying and I don't.  The guy point is at 20' AGL and I will use a guy angle of 45 degrees and a guy tension of 400lbs, unless someone tells me otherwise.

Does anyone have a suggestion on a simple and inexpensive guy tensiometer?  Thanks and 73.

 
Best Regards,
Jonathan Woo
(970) 646-1711


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 From: "K7LXC at aol.com" <K7LXC at aol.com>
To: towertalk at contesting.com; jj_2_woo at yahoo.com 
Sent: Sunday, October 7, 2012 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Guying a TX-472 bottom section
 

>  I'm looking for someone who has guyed the bottom section 
of a TX-472.? I need a guy bracket and the Rohn standard bracket wouldn't fit.? 
I want to hear from those who has guyed the same or similar tower.? 
 
    And the purpose of this guying is...?  
 
    What does the factory say about guying the bottom 
section? I don't think they do. Unless there's some compelling reason to do so ( 
and I can't think of any), guying the bottom section is unnecessary. The tower 
is designed to be free-standing. If the factory doesn't say to do it, don't do 
it. 
 
    The LXC Prime Directive is to "DO what the 
manufacturer says." The opposite is also true - "DON'T do what they don't tell 
you."
 
Cheers,
Steve    K7LXC
TOWER TECH
UST Factory authorized installer