[TowerTalk] Guying mast above rotor

[Dan Cisson]

After re-reading your post,, you said 12 feet above the tower you was going 
to guy the mast...Thats seems almost impossible for your guy wires to the 
mast would have to be on a horizontal line to clear the antennas on the 
mast. (for rotation)Otherwise,,if you are doing it ONLY to give some 
insurance in the event of a storm bending the mast, and then removing them 
after a storm,, thats OK...BUT,, you are going to be climbing a LOT during 
summer thunderstorms,, and, can you be at home every time a storm comes up 
to climb the tower and attach the wires-??   I say most of the time you will 
not be at home to do this..!!  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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