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By increasing guy radius such that the radius is equal to the tower height (a
45* angle) instead of just 80% of the tower height only nets a 6* 20' change of
angle from the topmost guy wire and a 10% increase in guy length. I would be
more concerned with the increased windloading of the guys than anything else.
The bottom line is if I ever intended to change the engineering of a tower, I
would have an engineer run the math and affix his wetstamp to the plans. I
gotta stand with Steve on this... do what the manufacturer specifies.
gl,
Jim W5QM
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