.... Joe S. was a bit harsh.

However, I have a cousin who is a mucky-muck in the "insurance scam",
frankly it is my belief that some of those guys would beat pennies out
of widows if it paid enough.

If it were me, I'd see if I couldn't work on the tree thing a bit and
set up some steel-galvanized pipes set in a generous block of concrete
and perhaps tied to deadmen to make sure the "insurance thieves" did not
find a new victim in me...

.... I have about the same respect for insurance people as I do for
lawyers, since the supreme court decision on confiscation of private
property--they now join those ranks--the constitution seems damn clear
on the point to me--indeed, I would expect any high school kid with a
proper course in american history to make a better decision than they
managed--so nothing surprises me--and for that reason I'd always plan
for the worse...

John
"Charlie" wrote in message
...
Thank you Joe for your unsolicited candor.....

--

Charlie
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"Joe S." wrote in message
...

"Charlie" wrote in message
...
Those trees have withstood every storm the past 30+ years.....

Any tower can be blown down no matter what ..just let mother nature
have
her
way.

--

Charlie
Ham Radio - AD5TH
www.ad5th.com
Deep South 2 Meter SSB Net
www.deepsouthnet.net


No, any tower cannot blow down no matter what. A properly installed
tower,
installed to manufacturer's specs, will withstand at least the wind
load
specified by the manufacturer.

In my initial reply in which I pointed out that the tower was guyed
to one
or more trees, I was trying to be nice. Now that others have chimed
in, no
more nice guy.

That piece of **** will come down on your house, possibly on
neighbors'
houses, and possibly on a power line. And when it does, this is a
little
bit of what will happen:
-- your homeowner's insurance company will send out a tower engineer
to
check the wreckage and will refuse to pay one penny.
-- your neighbors will sue for damages, their insurance companies
will send
out real tower engineers to inspect, and your homeowner's liability
insurance will not pay a penny.
-- the power company will send out their engineers and will charge
you to
repair the damage to their lines and equipment.
-- you'll be damn lucky if no one is killed or injured when it comes
down.
And if anyone is, you could be looking at jail time, depending on
whether or
not your local prosecuting attorney wants to be a badass.

Here is a short list of problems with your tower:
-- not installed any way close to manufacturer's specs
-- mixed parts of different towers; what the hell is a "Sears" tower?
Intended for TV antenna use? There is a BIG difference between real
towers
(Rohn) and make-believe towers.
-- base is a joke; a guyed 50-foot 25G requires 1.5 cubic yards of
concrete.
You are supporting 75 feet with less than a yard.
-- base is an even bigger joke when you consider that you used a
homemade,
non-galvanized base plate welded to some odd pieces of pipe buried a
couple
of feet in the ground. Welds are not cleaned and galvanized -- they
will
rust and break. Did you ever stop to think why tower parts are
hot-dipped
galvanized?
-- guyed to trees. Problem is not that the trees will come down,
problem is
that in a big blow, the trees will sway one way, pulling the guy
wires with
them, while the tower is swaying in the other direction, thereby
popping the
guy wires.
-- guyed to power pole. Did you clear this with the local power
company
first? When they discover what you have done to their pole, you'll
need a
lawyer and a big bank account.
-- too close to house -- when that thing comes down, it'll take out a
big
piece of house.
-- no thrust bearing so all the whipping around the mast will do will
be
absorbed by the rotator. But that's okay, when the tower comes down
you can
replace the rotator by standing on the ground.
-- did you use high-tensile steel for the mast or another piece of
Radio
Shack junk?

I'll look for you in QST -- Silent Keys in a couple of months.


--

-----
Joe S.





"Dave" wrote in message
...
they may be forgiven, but that won't keep a tower in the air nor
make it
safer to climb. those sins are things you should seriously look
at
correcting as they all affect the strength and safety of your
investment
as well as anyone working on it or playing near it.

"Charlie" wrote in message
...
Thank you all very much for your kindness and courtesy in
responding to
my post.
Typically those that berate others have significant problems with
self
esteem.

Oh..as for those "sins"...mine are already forgiven.
--

Charlie
Ham Radio - AD5TH
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Deep South 2 Meter SSB Net
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"Joe S." wrote in message
...


"Charlie" wrote in message
...
75 ft guyed tower with 21 foot mast. 2M M2 HO LOOP antenna at
95 ft.
M2
2M9SSB beam antenna at 90 ft.
The difference from antennas at around 30 ft to the same
antennas at
90-95
ft is astonishing. Anyone considering raising their antennas
should
"just
do it"

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Do I understand that the guy wires terminate to trees? Is that
a
permanent
arrangement?

--

-----
Joe S.