How many feet of space do you actually have on the closest side of the tower. And what's the deal with that large base plate?
On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 10:49 PM Craig House <[email protected]> wrote: > > Its not about comfort on the tower as much as it is trying to keep the link > stable. Plus it is a pain to align since turning a wrench moves the tower. > So AF24 and and MM wave gear is near impossible to align. I'm always about > trying to figure out a way to resolve something like this. I like the > engineering challenge but this one has me a bit baffled. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Fabien" <[email protected]> > To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 21, 2020 9:42:12 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] stabilizing an Unguyed tower > > Just make him rent a lift when you need to service it. Not your fault > he build a sketchy tower. I think your proposed guy wires would do > little improve climber comfort and zero to improve actual safety. > > On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 10:20 PM Craig House <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The attached drawing is rough but I hope you get the idea. It is not the > > tower in questions but is a photo I had I could mark up > > > > I have a customer that has a tower in the very corner of their yard 90 > > degree angle corner. Best I can get in the yard is one guy wire and the > > neighbor is not an option to put guy wires in. 25g 50' tall. I'd like to > > make it more stable but how? The base is in concrete and has been there > > for some time. Heavy winds have not caused damage to the tower so it is > > not about how solid it is as much as how much it moves Would a guy wire > > design where all three legs were guyed back to the base of the tower using > > some kind of stand off in the middle do anything? I think it might make > > the tower more rigid but would it keep it from swaying? Since some of the > > unstableness of the tower comes from the joints it seems like it might help > > but is it worth the effort? I maybe could move out 3' from the base but > > that angle just doesn't do much more than attaching to the base just above > > the concrete. Thoughts?-- > > AF mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
