[TowerTalk] Fwd: misaligned vertical towers

[Hans Hammarquist]

Hi Steve,


I think you got the picture.


When I put up my tower I used a 3 foot level, construction type. I propped it up with some wood and looked at the level with the tower behind it. I adjusted the guy wires until the level and the tower lined up. I did it in two perpendicular directions to make sure the tower was right. After that I tightened the wires to the recommended tension. As a final confirmation I checked the tower alignment after everything as suppose to be right.


Good luck and best 73,


Hans - N2JFS



-----Original Message-----
From: Steve K7AWB <k7awbgoog at gmail.com>
To: towertalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Thu, Mar 21, 2013 4:00 pm
Subject: [TowerTalk] misaligned vertical towers



I have two towers up.  A 90 foot Rohn 45 with a 6-el 20 meter beam on it and
a 102 foot Rohn 25 without anything on it yet.  Both are guyed.  In putting
them up, a group of us used a Loos tension meter and our eyesight at the
bottom of each tower to make them vertical.

But when I look and align the two towers next to each other by walking 
around until they are "next" to
each other, one or both are off vertically with respect to each other.

How do I figure which is straight and which is off or maybe both are slight 
off?
I really don't want to climb them now in the bad weather and drop a plumb
bob and do not have a survey level.  They are really 135 feet apart.

73
Steve Sala
K7AWB
DN17es
Nine Mile Falls, WA

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