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[TowerTalk] Buried Guy Anchor Question

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Buried Guy Anchor Question
From: w8ik@ibm.net (Joe Subich, W8IK)
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 21:35:51 -0400

> 
> Many commercial installations have fences around the anchor 
> points. I guess the guy attachment points must be pretty high 
> or the anchors must be elevated because the entry angle for the 
> guys is sufficiently steep to allow them to clear the fence and 
> stay above head level.
> 

Actually most commercial tower installations use rather large guy 
anchor areas.  Most of the TV/FM towers I have worked around use 
6' high chain link fence to enclose the guy anchors and the area 
inside the anchor points is 10' x 16' or more. 


   ... Joe Subich, W8IK  ex-AD8I
       <W8IK@IBM.NET>
 

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