[TowerTalk] Guy Posts

[Wes]

I once owned a Tristao crankup tower that was six 10-foot sections and designed 
to be guyed.  There were loose metal stops to be installed on the top rung of 
each section as it was cranked up.  When the tower was full extended the cable 
was relaxed and the sections settled on the one below. Nice in theory but it 
assumed that the sections extended one at a time, keeping things within arm's 
each.  I never installed the whole thing, just the bottom three sections, 
unguyed with my EME antenna on top.

Wes  N7WS

  On 6/18/2024 12:16 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> Generally crank-up towers do not have guys however Aluma Towers do so I
> assume that is what you're considering.  They must have a way to latch the
> sections so there is not added tension on the crankup cable.