At 09:27 18/04/2003 -0400, K3BU wrote:
>"Properly designed self supporting tower, with design loads, for certain
>weather conditions and outfitted with at least one set of properly placed guy
>wires (with proper anchors) will be able to withstand greater loads or more
>severe weather conditions than without guy wires."
>
>Prove me wrong and get kilobuck!
>
>Happy Easter to everyone!
>
>Dipl. Ing. Yuri Blanarovich, P.Eng., M.Sc.
>President Computeradio
I find myself in the strange situation of agreeing with Yuri on this one! I
qualify this by stating that I am merely a mathematician and not an
engineer. Engineers like to solve problems, I get my kicks from proving
that the solutions exist.
My own self-supporting crank-up tilt-over tower is rated, by the
manufacturer, (mindful of the prime directive) for a horizontal headload of
145lbs (sic) in a 100mph wind while un-guyed and 880lbs in a 100mph wind
when guyed.
To suggest that guying, correctly, a self-supporting tower will reduce its
survivability is laughable.
Chris G3VBL
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