Guyed mast
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A guyed mast is a tall thin vertical structure that depends on guy lines for stability. The mast itself has the compressive strength to support its own weight, but does not have the shear strength to
A guyed radio mast
The Sendeturm Jauerling is a partially guyed 141 meter tower built in 1958, consisting of a 35-metre-high free-standing steel framework tower, which carries a 106 meter guyed steel tube mast on the top
Zendstation Smilde, Netherlands, is a 303 m (994 ft) partially guyed tower that consists of an 80 m (260 ft) high reinforced concrete tower topped since 2012 by a 223 m (732 ft) steel lattice television mast
Mast guy line
Radio masts and towers
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Radio masts and towers are typically tall structures designed to support antennas for telecommunications and broadcasting, including television. There are two main types: guyed and self-supporting str
Guyed mast
…of heavy equipment such as cranes, power shovels, draglines, and derricks, the simplest of which is the gin pole. Guyed masts are frequently used for radio masts and towers. The mast can either support radio antennas (for VHF, UHF and other microwave bands) mounted at its top, or the entire structure itself can function…
KVLY-TV mast
A radio mast base showing how virtually all lateral support is provided by the guy-wires
The Tokyo Skytree was, in 2012, the tallest freestanding tower in the world
Multiwire broadcast T-antenna of early AM station WBZ, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1925.