[TowerTalk] Guying Alum Tower

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

On 12/7/2015 11:27 AM, K7LXC--- via TowerTalk wrote:
>
>      As far as guying it, any additional weight on the  tower (e.g. weight
> of the guys, tension) will also reduce the tower capacity as  the limiting
> factor is the leg strength so by the time you put the guys on, you  might run
> out of capacity.
>

> Steve      K7LXC

This is true if you take a standard tapered self supporting
design and just add guys.  The guying force breaks the small
sections at the top.  But with guys, there is no need to
taper the tower.  So what I am doing is using only large
sections.

Rick N6RK