Towertalk
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [TowerTalk] concrete bases for freestanding towers

To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] concrete bases for freestanding towers
From: K8RI on TT <k8ri-on-towertalk@tm.net>
Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 01:14:08 -0400
List-post: <towertalk@contesting.com">mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
On 5/14/2011 11:59 PM, EZ Rhino wrote:
> Frankly I've never understood why a house bracket is either needed or a good 
> idea.  If the tower is guyed above the bracket, there is no reason to have it 
> because it isn't adding anything to the system (assuming guying at the proper 
> intervals, etc).  The only reason I can see to have one is in steadying the 
> lower sections as the tower is constructed (in place of temporary guys).
>

I believe the recommendation is to not bracket guyed towers.  The house 
probably moves more than the tower.  Go up on top of a home on a windy 
day. go over by the chimney and watch the flashing between the roof and 
chimney flex.

73

Roger (K8RI)
> Chris
> KF7P
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On May 14, 2011, at 19:50 , W2RU - Bud Hippisley wrote:
>
>
> On May 14, 2011, at 9:29 PM, WA8JXM wrote:
>
>> My concern with attaching a tower to the house is that if the tower moves 
>> back and forth just a slight bit in the wind, will that eventually loosen 
>> the framing on the house?
> Goodness!  What are you guys _putting_ on your house-bracketed towers?
>
> Why would wind on a thin-member lattice tower and cylindrical-element 
> antennas create more disturbance to framing than wind on a solid wall?
>
> Bud, W2RU
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> TowerTalk mailing list
> TowerTalk@contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
>
> _______________________________________________
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> TowerTalk mailing list
> TowerTalk@contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
>


_______________________________________________



_______________________________________________
TowerTalk mailing list
TowerTalk@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>