[TowerTalk] Guyed + self supporting /2 ??

[Roger (K8RI) on TT]

On 10/16/2014 8:30 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.

Side force applied to angle can reduce the vertical load required to 
cause it to buckle.  Too many variables to say how much.

73

Roger (K8RI)