[TowerTalk] Is A Tower Weaker in Some Directions?

[Cox, Norman R.]

Dear Group:

   Thank you for your comments -- all, very good points.  Yes, I may be over thinking this.  

   I purposely bought the heavy duty tower to make sure I had more than the required antenna area capacity.  I just thought that if I had the choice of base plate orientation, I'd go for the best incremental improvement.  I have to admit -- I didn't think about the torsional aspect and the fact that winds do have rotational movements in these big storms.  I think I now understand the situation a lot better.

Thanks to all of you,

Norm
KE0ZT


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From: TowerTalk [towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] on behalf of Gary - N5KDA [n5kda at bellsouth.net]
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2014 6:53 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Is A Tower Weaker in Some Directions?

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
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