Paul, Thanks for the tip.
I am only loaded to 15 sqr feet, and I do keep it cranked down when not in
use. Granted this does not help if I was to get lazey or gust forget to
lower it.
If you had a crankup, how well did it handle your 87 MPH winds? I have been
tracking the wind here with my little old weather station here for the last
3 years, I have recorded 54, 55 and 56 MPH Gusts here, nothing more. Lots
of winds however that are 45 MPH for long stretches of time.
73 de Mike - KM0T
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Plants" <plplants@sgi.net>
To: <TOWERTALK@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Questions on my tower
> Gust remember even though you live in a 70 MPH rated area as I do, you
will
> get winds over that. Last December we had winds to 87 MPH for an 8 hour
> period. Overrate your equipment for safety!
>
> Paul N3WMV
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <n4kg@juno.com>
> To: <TOWERTALK@contesting.com>; <scsueepe@mtcnet.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 3:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Questions on my tower
>
>
> > Mike,
> >
> > You really need to get a 70 MPH rating (assuming that is the
> > maximum wind speed rating for your county. K7LXC can look it
> > up for you). Note that the wind FORCE doubles from 50 to 70 MPH.
> >
> > IF the tower had ZERO surface area, that would reduce your load
> > capacity by half to 15 sq ft. BUT your tower does have a finite
> > surface area so the REAL load capacity is even LESS.
> >
> > Most likely, vertical load capacity is NOT the limiting factor unless
> > you are talking about a tilt-over tower.
> >
> > de Tom N4KG
> >
> > On Tue, 15 May 2001 Mike King <scsueepe@mtcnet.net> writes:
> > > Hi all, its been a while since I have been on this reflector, need
> > > some info if you can spare the time.
> > >
> > > I have a US Towers HDX-555 - the heavy duty version, 55 foot crank
> > > up. It
> > > says it is rated for 30 square feet in 50 MPH winds. What I cant
> > > find is
> > > what the dead load rating of the tower is. In other words, how much
> > > in
> > > pounds, of antenna, masting, cables, etc. can the tower support.
> > >
> > > Seems to me I heard 300#, but I cant even find it in my
> > > documentation for
> > > the tower (if you would even call it that)
> > >
> > > Anyway, the tower is working fine, I just am going to add a few more
> > > do-dads
> > > too it.
> > >
> > > 73 and your help is appreciated if anyone has the info.
> > >
> > > Mike - KM0T
> > >
> >
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