[TowerTalk] Distributed tower loads

[Gary Johnson]

One bit of clarification... I neglected to say that I am interested in GUYED towers, not free-standing, so the ordinary bending moment calculations are not so applicable. If we assume ideal inelastic guy wires, and we place the antenna right at the guy station, it seems that the tolerance to horizontal force is nearly infinite. So that's an indicator that certain antenna positions could be more advantageous than others, and might explain how some of those really impressive stacks manage to stay aloft. But clearly there is much more to it, and that's why I ask the question about what simplifications might be acceptable for purposes of estimation.

-Gary, WB9JPS