[TowerTalk] guy posts math

[Jim Lux]

The other thing is that utility poles don't usually have much side load on them. Just the vertical load ftom ghe wires and equipment, because the lateral loads are balanced.  The wires go to the next pole in both directions along the line.  When they  aren't in straight line, the pole is guyed.  

Jim
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From: Kelly Taylor <ve4xt at mymts.net> 
Date: 07/19/2015 17:57 (GMT+00:00) 
To: Bill Aycock <baycock at mediacombb.net> 
Cc: Tower Talk List <towertalk at contesting.com>, ak4qa <ak4qa at msn.com> 
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] guy posts math 

I’m pretty sure the 20-foot utility poles in many neighborhoods are not 80 feet long. (Three feet down for every one foot up would be 60 feet buried and 20 feet in the air.)

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