[TowerTalk] My first tower section is not plumb...

[john at kk9a.com]

Towers are very inprecise, so I agree that CO8DM's tower is likely not an
issue. However, I am not sure why making a guy tower plumb is not easily
achievable. I used a transit level to adjust my guys and I can easily move
my towers around several inches. Even the Rohn 65 with some double braced
sections is easily moved.

John KK9A


To:	<towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject:	Re: [TowerTalk] My first tower section is not plumb...
From:	"Ed Sawyer" <sawyered at earthlink.net>
Reply-to:	sawyered at earthlink.net
Date:	Fri, 12 Feb 2016 06:20:06 -0500

Define straight.  I looked into this back when my first
tower went up here and I saw that the tower was out of plumb about 3 inches
at its 70ft total height.  (my second one here is about 1 - 1.5 inch at 70
ft).  I found in research that perfectly plumb was neither easily achievable
nor necessary for a guyed tower.  It seemed that a few inches (maybe up to 5
inch for a 100 foot tower) was considered "acceptable".  So I decided to
just tension the 2 guys pulling in the favorable direction to compensate the
slight lean heavier than the 3rd one.  With a couple of beers - it sure
looks straight to me..





73  Ed  N1UR