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Re: [TowerTalk] Is A Tower Weaker in Some Directions?

To: Gary - N5KDA <n5kda@bellsouth.net>, "towertalk@contesting.com" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Is A Tower Weaker in Some Directions?
From: "Cox, Norman R." <nrc@mst.edu>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 00:22:12 +0000
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Dear Group:

   Thank you for your comments -- all, very good points.  Yes, I may be over 
thinking this.  

   I purposely bought the heavy duty tower to make sure I had more than the 
required antenna area capacity.  I just thought that if I had the choice of 
base plate orientation, I'd go for the best incremental improvement.  I have to 
admit -- I didn't think about the torsional aspect and the fact that winds do 
have rotational movements in these big storms.  I think I now understand the 
situation a lot better.

Thanks to all of you,

Norm
KE0ZT


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From: TowerTalk [towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] on behalf of Gary - N5KDA 
[n5kda@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2014 6:53 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Is A Tower Weaker in Some Directions?

I do a lot of VHF/UHF and ran stuff like 7/8" and 1 5/8" heliax down the tower 
legs. Then I noticed the cell phone companies run their heliax down the face of 
the tower. Around SW MS it seems to be random (what ever is easy for the 
installer). In the long run I don't think it makes any difference. If strong 
rotating wind gets to the tower there is no way to know which side it will blow 
strongest on.

Having three towers that survived an EF-2 that's just my opinion.

Gary - N5KDA
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