[TowerTalk] torque arms or not?

[john at kk9a.com]

The guy bracket on larger towers is u-bolted to the tower leg and bracing,
it does not encircle the tower. It is not necessary to encircle the tower.
My Rohn guy brackets look like this
https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/roh-ga65gd

John KK9A


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Subject:	Re: [TowerTalk] torque arms or not?
From:	"Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk at tm.net>
Date:	Thu, 12 Jan 2017 18:16:30 -0500


Although it's a common practice with hams, Guys should be attached to a
bracket, not individual tower legs. It's not normally a problem, but guy
brackets like ROHN sells puts no strain on an individual tower leg. On a
heavily loaded tower,(near its wind load limit), when the guys are
attached to individual tower legs, in high winds, the tower leg on the
windward side takes the strain. With a guy bracket encircles the tower
with the guy strain taken by the bracket and converted to a downward
force, putting far less strain on the tower.

You don't see commercial towers with the guy wrapped around a leg.

73, Roger (K8RI)