>From the description of the tower in question, I'd guess it to be a Force 12
telescoping tower made from 6061 square tubing. It must either be (1)
guyed - 4 guy terminals are provided at the top of the bottom section only,
(2) supported at the top of the bottom section by another structure (house
eaves, e.g.), or (3) supported by 4 solid "guys" which are attached to four
struts that radiate from the base of the bottom section.
It is not intended to be a free-standing tower.
73, Norm, W1MO
New Smyrna Beach, FL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Carter" <towertalk@hidden-valley.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 23:21
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] New Tower
> Well, I hadn't intended to guy it, since it's a crankup I thought I
> could just crank it up and down pretty much at will. It seems to me
> that guy wires would get in the way of that.
>
> >From reading TowerTalk, I got the impression that the big danger is
> ground shear. If that's the case, then these arms should give this
> tower a tremendous amount of strength.
>
> I have seen one crank up tower that was always left upright, and it
> had been guyed, but it didn't have the arms like mine and it wasn't
> nearly as heavily built in terms of the crosspieces.
>
> Are you positive it's meant to be guyed? I can't argue the point
> because I don't have the drawings, but this is the first time anybody
> said I'd have to guy it. Guying it would also make the site I'd
> chosen for it unusable, because of where the anchor points would have
> to go.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff/KD4RBG
>
>
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> To a first approximation, this is a guyed tower because of those heavy
> stays.
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