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I got out my protractor, slide rule and pocket protector and did some calculations. Looks like either putting up a Shoot Star or adding four vertical elements to my existing M104C is going to have an interference issue with the upper guy wires. I can lower the top set of them some, but I don't want to do it at the risk of the whole thing blowing over. It's very sturdy as it is now and has withstood 70 mph winds and two Wisconsin winters so far.

And replacing this with a tower is problematic on several fronts. Other than money, the biggest one is that we have a lot of very nice large trees on our property and they really restrict my ability to have a tower we can stand up. Probably limited to 30 feet, so not worth it to me. Of course, there are crank-up towers but wow are they $$$$.

This picture was taken right before we took up the slack in the guy wires.

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<blockquote data-quote="TimmyTheTorch" data-source="post: 853187" data-attributes="member: 64271">I got out my protractor, slide rule and pocket protector and did some calculations. Looks like either putting up a Shoot Star or adding four vertical elements to my existing M104C is going to have an interference issue with the upper guy wires. I can lower the top set of them some, but I don&#039;t want to do it at the risk of the whole thing blowing over. It&#039;s very sturdy as it is now and has withstood 70 mph winds and two Wisconsin winters so far.And replacing this with a tower is problematic on several fronts. Other than money, the biggest one is that we have a lot of very nice large trees on our property and they really restrict my ability to have a tower we can stand up. Probably limited to 30 feet, so not worth it to me. Of course, there are crank-up towers but wow are they $$$$.This picture was taken right before we took up the slack in the guy wires.[ATTACH=full]71836[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TimmyTheTorch, post: 853187, member: 64271"] I got out my protractor, slide rule and pocket protector and did some calculations. Looks like either putting up a Shoot Star or adding four vertical elements to my existing M104C is going to have an interference issue with the upper guy wires. I can lower the top set of them some, but I don't want to do it at the risk of the whole thing blowing over. It's very sturdy as it is now and has withstood 70 mph winds and two Wisconsin winters so far. And replacing this with a tower is problematic on several fronts. Other than money, the biggest one is that we have a lot of very nice large trees on our property and they really restrict my ability to have a tower we can stand up. Probably limited to 30 feet, so not worth it to me. Of course, there are crank-up towers but wow are they $$$$. This picture was taken right before we took up the slack in the guy wires. [ATTACH type="full" size="796x917"]71836[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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