[BC] Signal Strength Question

[Mike McCarthy]

  I recall one of the tall towers in Miami is not a Kline and the name 
escapes me at the moment (two word Quebec-Canadian company). The top guy 
lines are the size of my wrist (2-1/2"-3" bridge strand).  They showed a 
section of the line at NAB a few years ago. 1 ft. weighed something like 
60 lbs.  I don't recall the leg size....but it was rather large

Imagine putting up 3000+ ft. of the stuff....and then tensioning it to 
something over 50,000 lbs.

I also recall reading somewhere that really fat towers in hurricane 
country are a tougher design than in the more "quiet" or icy areas. As I 
recall, the problem is the fatter face size presenting a total greater 
load than a heavier legged, tighter stitched, but more slender tower.  
The latter, as I recall  doesn't have the vertical capacity for icing 
stability however.

MM

On 11/24/2010 4:44 AM, Miltron wrote:
> How about a Kline ?  On a tour several years before they sold out, the guide mentioned a tower shipped to Tampa with a twelve foot face and eleven inch diameter solid legs.........
> M
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> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tom Spencer<Radiofreetom at gmail.com>
> {snippage]And would you want a 300 meter /
>> 1000 ft tower in the heart of hurricane country?  on an island?  I'm not
>> sure even a B-K tower could handle the winds at that altitude; although
>> there probably are some towers that tall near Miami or Tampa...
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