I'm fine with calculating the overturning moment of a freestanding tower. My questions is about guyed and bracketed installations. When I think of a force diagram for a bracketed tower, it appears to
Jeff: In a self-supporting tower, all the overturning moment is applied at the concrete base. For my short (64-foot) tower and its modest HF Yagi load I constructed a base of 10.5 cuyd of 3500 PSI co
And why the wood walls of many homes are not sufficient without modification to hold a tower bracket. OTOH at one time ROHN made a dirt base and I believe they still make the drive rods. If the soil
WOW!! 10,5 cuyd!! You could have built a house on top of that tower! :-)) 73 Bert, VE3OBU Jeff: In a self-supporting tower, all the overturning moment is applied at the concrete base. For my short (6