[TowerTalk] Tower Mast Wind Loading

[john at kk9a.com]

Really? I never heard this rule of thumb before.

John KK9A

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Subject:	Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Mast Wind Loading
From:	"Ed Sawyer" <sawyered at earthlink.net>
Reply-to:	sawyered at earthlink.net
Date:	Wed, 6 Jul 2016 08:00:24 -0400




The usual rule of thumb is to have 50% of the length in the tower.  I have
10 ft of the 22 ft mast in the tower and the top antenna is 9 ft above the
tower.  The last 3 ft are for a truss.



Ed