In a message dated 8/31/2009 6:00:48 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
towertalk-request@contesting.com writes:
> Nothing says you have to tension the cable to a particular fraction of
it's breaking strength. It's more a matter of the desired tension for
appropriate stability for the structure. You could tension million
pound breaking strength cable to the same few hundred pounds as the the
regular non-EHS cable.
Are you saying that there is no particular tension specification for a
guy cable? Please clarify. Since you're an experienced tower owner, I'd be
shocked if your tower guys were tensioned at some random tension.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
TOWER TECH -
Professional tower services for hams
Cell: 206-890-4188
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