[TowerTalk] Vertical? -Reply -Reply

[lrrichoz@execpc.com (lrrichoz)]

Tim Ellam wrote:
> 
> The Titan does NOT require guying. Mine survived several years
> of Nevada breezes (80 MPH gusts) unguyed with no problems. It
> is triple-walled at the mounting area and double walled the next eight
> feet.
> 
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> 
> I beg to differ. If you don't guy it it moves around so much it plays havoc
> with your matching. Even guyed, my Titan picked up a significant bend at
> the top section!
> 
> Tim VE6SH
> 
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I too have found that the Titan's matching stubbs get messed up in high
winds. The ant has survived 60+ mph winds with no bending or guying.
The steel tv mast it is mounted on did bend. The stubbs kept getting
mis-aligned in strong winds. I guyed it only to keep them straight.

73, lon...      W9XU

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