Product review from third party:
When we put up my 199 foot tower, I got a good chance to play with the model
90 and the PT-2 units. All the guys were tensioned with a very expensive guage
to 400psi. Steve is correct; the PT-2 is much more "user friendly" and amazingly
accurate. Repetitive measurements are more uniform, and accuracy came out
about 90%. These guages are a poor man's way of at least getting all guys
tensioned the same, even if they are not at the exact "target" value.
IMHO, spring for the PT-2...it is worth the difference in cost.
(((73)))
Phil, K5PC
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>Greetings, TowerTalkians --
>
> Now that we seem to be talking about towers and antennas again, while
>I've posted and written about the Loos guy wire tensioners and even had
>photos in my Up The Tower column in CQ Contest, most people probably don't
>know what they look like. Here's the Loos website page that has photos of
>several models. The PT-2 is the most popular one as it is spring-loaded and
>can be left on the guy wire while it's being adjusted.
>
> http://www.loosco.com/naples/tension.htm#Model PT 1, 2, 3
>
>Cheers, Steve K7LXC
>Champion Radio Products
>Exclusive Loos amateur dealer
>
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