If you look carefully at the picture you'll see that each bracket has a U-bolt
grabbing the Z rod, thereby spreading the load to all three legs.
I used (a home made) plate with three holes, one for each leg to connect the
guy wires to my tower.
The tower was built of parts from a self-supporting tower. By guying it I
increased the maximum wind-load from 85 to 135 mph. One note; the guy wires do
not attach to the top of the tower but a few sections down. By that the bending
from wind-load is "evened out" between the sections. I built;t the base very
stiff so the bending of the tower takes the form of a compete sinusiod and the
bending of the top will help the section just under that guy wire to
"straighten out".
73 de,
Hans - N2JFS
-----Original Message-----
From: john <john@kk9a.com>
To: towertalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Wed, Oct 15, 2014 6:59 am
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Guyed + self supporting /2 ??
This is not always correct. My Rohn 65G guy brackets
http://www.dxengineering.com/parts/roh-ga65gd only attach to one leg.
John KK9A
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Guyed + self supporting /2 ??
From: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 03:08:40 -0400
<snip>
Guys should NOT attach directly to the tower legs! This weakens the tower,
by applying a lateral force to only one leg. ROHN has a guy attachment
saddle that fits AROUND the tower. The saddle absorbs lateral forces,
while vertical forces are transferred to the tower. Look at the ROHN site
for proper guy attachment.
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