[TowerTalk] Guying mast above rotor

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Dan, reset: 12' not 12"
 
73,
Gerald K5GW
 
 
 
In a message dated 2/12/2014 12:15:17 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
n4gnr at windstream.net writes:

Matt....an opinion only... You are really not accomplishing much if  
anything...You say you are guying the mast 12 inches out the top of the  
tower ?? All you are doing at this point is asking a storm to bend the  
mast 
above the guy ring...Long masts are asking for trouble, there is a  heck of 
a 
lot of leverage on the top of a long mast in high winds...You  could 
possibly 
be OK with a 6 meter beam atop the mast, or a 2 meter beam,  its a gamble 
!!. 
But if you put up an antenna that is much bigger than a  10 meter yagi,, 
you 
are asking for PROBLEMS !!I have took down too many of  them in my days of 
tower work.  Other alternatives are another  tower(probally not an option 
for 
most hams).. or fixed antennas down the  tower...It is expensive, but you 
can 
rotate the complete tower!! I would  check with antenna manufactures and 
see 
how close you can stack their  antenna to other antennas on the same mast.
It will be interesting to see  what other opinions you get here on TT.. 
Good 
Luck, and be CAREFUL !!  ,,Dan N4GNR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt"  <bluewaterpro at yahoo.com>
To:  <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 2:45  PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Guying mast above rotor


>I know the  subject line sounds dumb,, but I have 15' of mast above my 
tower 
>and  live in South Florida. Read on...
>
> Im thinking of putting a guy  ring at about 12' above the top of the 
tower, 
> and, only in event of a  severe storm, attach 3 guy wires, which would be 
> anchored in  concrete, the cables sitting on the ground, affixing them to 
> the  collar in event of storm.
>
> I've also thought of having   short guy wires permanently mounted on the 
> guy ring collar, with the  short guy cables running down the mast to the 
> top of the tower.   Then i could climb up and attach the guy wires, if 
> needed. No need  for a bucket truck.
>
> I think this would provide additional  survivability to the mast in heavy 
> wind
>
> Any thoughts  on this? Good idea, bad?
>
> Thanks/73
>
> Matt  w1mbb
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