[TowerTalk] Is A Tower Weaker in Some Directions?

[Gary - N5KDA]

I do a lot of VHF/UHF and ran stuff like 7/8" and 1 5/8" heliax down the tower legs. Then I noticed the cell phone companies run their heliax down the face of the tower. Around SW MS it seems to be random (what ever is easy for the installer). In the long run I don't think it makes any difference. If strong rotating wind gets to the tower there is no way to know which side it will blow strongest on. 

Having three towers that survived an EF-2 that's just my opinion. 

Gary - N5KDA