[Boatanchors] TOWER ERECTION

[Rob Atkinson]

On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 11:59 AM, Glen Zook via Boatanchors
<boatanchors at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> Burying a portion of a section in concrete has been the "norm" for decades!

What hams have done for decades doesn't make it right.  Also most hams
insulate guyed tower bases using leg insulators instead of a taper to
a single point insulator.   Whether you have an insulator or not the
base should be anchored on a steel pin and plate on the concrete base
to relieve any stress of rotational torque induced by fixing the base
in concrete.

I'm unable to understand the logic behind burying a base in concrete
instead of having it sit on a pin and be free to rotate.  Do people
think it will stay up if there is a guy cable failure?   100 feet of
Rohn 25 stays vertical if a guy cable snaps because the base is stuck
in concrete?  I hope no one thinks that.

Rob
K5UJ