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Re: [TowerTalk] Question on R-TA-45 Torque Bracket

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Question on R-TA-45 Torque Bracket
From: k7lxc--- via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Reply-to: k7lxc@aol.com
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 17:24:29 +0000 (UTC)
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>    I had one of these on the top guy set of my 110' R45 tower.   And I had 
>torque arms on the lower two guy sets.
>    My question is aside from twisting, does this change any of the wind 
>loading numbers?
>    My suspicion is the double guy sets per face can only help but I have 
>never seen it quantified.
    Since the capacity of a tower is determined by the leg strength, I'd say 
that the use of a star guy bracket doesn't really do anything to change it. I'm 
not an engineer so I don't have any calcs to provide.
Cheers,Steve     K7LXCTOWER TECH
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