[UK-CONTEST] Guying a "lugless" Versatower

[Regwoolley at aol.com]

Chris
 
I did not state wind it down in a gale. I said leave it up. I for one will  
have my tower long down before it gets to the stage where I was not able to 
due  to high wind. I have seen plenty of photo's over the years of clever 
smug folks  that have left towers up in a full gale. That is with Guy ropes 
on. I stand by  my last statement about being barking mad!
 
Reg G8VHI 
 
 
In a message dated 29/08/2011 07:47:34 GMT Daylight Time, zl1ct1 at gm7v.com  
writes:

>
> I must add anyone that would want to leave a tower  fully up in high winds
> is barking mad. I would much prefer to get the  thing down the slow way
> than seeing it crash the fast  way!
>
> Reg G8VHI
>

Hello all

Sorry to  disagree Reg but the worst thing you can do is to try to lower a
guyed  crank-up tower in a high wind.

Let's be clear - I am talking about a  tower guyed in the correct places,
with properly tensioned wire rope guys  and antennas which do not exceed the
recommended head loading for the  tower.

As soon as you start to crank the tower down, the effect of the  guying
disappears immediately and the tower is very vulnerable to the wind  forces.

So the best advice is to do the guying job properly and sleep  easily 
through
every storm (OK maybe with one eye open watching the  tower!)

73
Chris
GM3WOJ /  ZL1CT