[TowerTalk] torque arms or not?

[K7LXC at aol.com]

>  Actually torque arms do almost nothing to stop twisting,  you really 
need to go with a 6-way guy.  For that kind of wind, you might  need the solid 
leg Rohn 45 and lots of guys.
 
    Correcto mundo. In the years before the TIA-222,  ham wisdom was that 
the foot long or so torque arms were a necessary part of  tower construction. 
Turns out that they really didn't do anything for tower  torque but were 
useful only by taking some of the twist out of the movement  while being 
climbed. 
 
Cheers,
Steve       K7LXC
TOWER TECH