[TowerTalk] torque arms or not?

[Steve London]

K7LXC wrote:

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.

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In recent years, I have seen the suggestion that using the torque arms 
eliminates the possibility that the guy wires could "chew" their way 
through the tower bracing or legs. I could imagine this happening over a 
period of years as the twisting of the tower causes abrasion of the 
tower by the guy wire. I have never heard of this actually happening.

73,
Steve, N2IC