[TowerTalk] minimum guy radius

[Roger (K8RI) on TT]

On 10/31/2013 9:25 AM, Steve Maki wrote:
> A guyed tower can be designed for closer guying than that, no problem.
> Takes more steel, bigger guys, bigger anchors, and careful engineering.
>
> There's a 1000' TV tower near me with outer anchors at around 350'. The
> wires are 3", and the tower is massive.

There's a lot of variables that can't be seen.  The only spot available 
for a self supporting cell tower in town was the corner of a parking lot 
so they went 30 feet deep with the foundation.  "The odds are" if this 
is a commercial tower, they had to meet engineering standards.  Course 
every once in a while we read about something really expensive, folding up.


73

Roger (K8RI)
>
> Whether the 235' tower you mentioned was designed properly is an open 
> question.
>
> -Steve K8LX
>
> On 10/30/2013 3:27 PM, Greg Kozisek wrote:
>> 235' tower with anchors at 100', three guy levels. Ever heard of such
>> a thing? Is it possible? Oversized or undersized wires? I haven't
>> seen it, but it sounds bizarre to me.
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