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).
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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)
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> On May 14, 2011, at 19:50 , W2RU - Bud Hippisley wrote:
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> On May 14, 2011, at 9:29 PM, WA8JXM wrote:
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>> 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?
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> Why would wind on a thin-member lattice tower and cylindrical-element
> antennas create more disturbance to framing than wind on a solid wall?
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> Bud, W2RU
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