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[TowerTalk] Rohn 25 with 4 (not 3) guys

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Rohn 25 with 4 (not 3) guys
From: palooka@pyrotechnics.com (Joe Pontek, K8JP)
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 23:42:37 -0500 (EST)
At 11:08 PM 3/25/97 -0500, Bob Morris K2RK wrote:
>Joe Pontek, K8JP wrote:
>> 
>> At 12:27 PM 3/25/97 -0500, Bob Morris K2RK wrote:
>> 
>> >    Rohn's books show 4 guys on their fold-over 25/45's, with two
>> >guys on one leg and one each on the other's ??????????????
>> >
>> Not true. The guys actually hook to the hinge mechanism that has
>> two points near two legs and two more points near the single leg.
>> See drawing  D770034 r4 for details of the hinge and closer examination
>> of the guying plan bears this out. Also, I was up on one Sunday.
>> 
>     Where do the top guys go ? Old book - 1979.....

Drawing B750008 r2 shows the guy attachment for the "apex only" as having
two legs with one guy and one leg (boom leg) with two guys. I do not see
any variance to guy anchor distance for the additional set of guys at the 
apex (top).
73,  K8Joe"Palooka" & Beverly,
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