[TowerTalk] Uneven Ground

[Lee Hiers]

On Thu, Oct 13, 2022 at 2:14 PM Al Kozakiewicz <akozak at hourglass.com> wrote:


> Why do you think they should  be any different? The angles should be the
> same regardless of the length, no?


I don't see how it is possible for the angles to be the same - not
mentioned, but I'm doing as I think most do, which is one anchor point per
pair of guys.

I can keep the angle of the top set of guys to the tower consistent for all
angles, but that would put the anchor point at different distances,
depending on whether those anchors are above or below the level of the
base.  That's easy enough to do, but then the angle of the lower sets of
guys would differ.

And that is the question - what is the most important?  To keep the angle
of the top set of guys consistent?  Bottom set of guys?  If the guys are
split between two anchors per pair of guys, wouldn't the guy wires
potentially cross when keeping the upper and lower angles the same?

My initial plan was to just make sure that the angle from any guy wire was
not less than what it would be if I was guying at 80% on level land.

73 de Lee, AA4GA