Surprise!  The State Department of Commerce says THEY need a FULL
engineering load study every time you add or change antennas on the tower.
ANY tower . . .

Dave



On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 4:19 PM Jorge Santiago <[email protected]>
wrote:

> No, we ensure (with engineer stamp) the structure is structurally capable
> and not "loaded" to a point of failure.
>
> This is just for our records (and to satisfy the engineering department :)
>
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 4:09 PM David Hannum <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Jorge,
>> Do you submit those to the State of Ohio?
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 4:06 PM Jorge Santiago <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> We own two guided 200ft. structures. No, we do not perform any load
>>> studies when adding & removing equipment that's on the same mounts. We do,
>>> however, perform a study when adding new equipment (in addition to the
>>> currently installed ones) to ensure we're not loading the tower to max.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 3:57 PM David Hannum <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> OK - let me reword the problem.  Do any of you OWN towers that you have
>>>> full load studies performed on whenever you add new gear to or swap gear 
>>>> on?
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 3:53 PM Jorge Santiago <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Depending on tower owner. We are required to provide a study every
>>>>> time NEW antennas/mounts are installed.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 3:50 PM David Hannum <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Question - you all get load studies done each time you hang a radio
>>>>>> or swap gear on a tower?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dave Hannum
>>>>>> New Era Broadband
>>>>>>
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