[TowerTalk] minimum guy radius

[Jim Lux]

On 10/31/13 9:47 AM, Roger (K8RI) on TT wrote:
> 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.
>


The collapse of the pyramid at Meidum triggered a design change in all 
subsequent pyramids, and a change in one undergoing construction (Bent 
Pyramid at Dashur).. oops better pick a more gentle angle..


These things happen.  Always have, always will.