[TowerTalk] Guyed + self supporting /2 ??

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

On 10/16/2014 5:30 AM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> I think that the concern (on towertalk) is that guying adds compression to
> the tower legs.  All of the self supporting towers that I have seen have
> stronger legs than equivalent guyed towers, at least towards the bottom.
> While I would also recommend following the manufacture's design and I am
> not an engineer, I do not see how adding guys especially toward the bottom
> of a tower can make it weaker.
>
> John KK9A
>
>

It is the weaker legs near the top that are the problem,
the severity of which depends on how much the tower tapers.

Rick N6RK