I would never use a knot in this application. Phillystran is to be terminated with grips designed specifically for Phillystran. But why not ask them yourself? http://www.phillystran.com (almost worth
Roger, As I told you privately, the photo you sent me of your guy wire is not of any EHS I've ever seen - it appears to be what we often call aircraft cable. EHS is quite stiff and "whippy" - it will
You need to click the "listinfo" link at the bottom of every email you get from the list, http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk then go to the VERY bottom of that page to edit option
Several other contesting.com lists have this same problem. Seems the "mailman" list software is being upgraded and some settings were changed/lost. I believe allowing bounce messages to propagate bac
One of my two RCS-4 units exhibits this characteristic. After not being used for several weeks, it sometimes needs to be cycled through the several positions to "clean" the contacts. I have yet to ph
I would definitely contact the folks at Phillystran. I'd be concerned that the older style Philly cannot use the (more modern) grip terminations and require the old potting process. Mike N2MG
Yeah, I got that letter, too. This is different than the line they gave me and some others in August last year. At that time they would not sell to individuals at all. The dealer they recommended (Gr
The 3 busiest sites as far as I know are: www.eham.net Click "Classifieds" in left menu area or go direct to: http://www.eham.net/classifieds www.qth.com Click "Free Ham Radio Classified Ads" near ce
Seems like folks are missing the fact that your rotator works as poorly in your garage with a short new cable as it does on the tower. Unless I'm mixing up my rotators, there should be a physically l
The sticky-brake (or something that acts like one) is such a well known problem that some electronic controllers actually bump the rotator in the opposite direction automatically (Rotor-EZ comes to m
It's a play on the expression, "ass backwards" - sometimes distorted to "back asswards" and/or "bassakwards". You won't find it except in a glossary of highly advanced English technical jargon. ;-) M
This is important for connections where you do not have access - such as wraps around insulators way out in the middle of a guy wire. Perhaps experts can tighten clamps properly THE FIRST TIME to pre
The following message was sent by Peter Larsen <ve6yc@shaw.ca> on Fri, 08 Nov 2002 06:25:52 -0700. I agree (though their reuse is never really an option IF one follows the manufacturers' instructions
Preformed Line Products (PLP) makes them http://www.preformed.com They no longer sell direct (though until a few months ago they'd sell you whole boxes only) so you have to go through a dealer. Call
Unfortunately, as of a few months ago when I last spoke with them, PLP no longer sells direct - even full boxes. Now they want you to go through a dealer. When I tried this, the price Graybar (the PL
Interesting indeed. So Texas Towers' drawing is backwards then... http://www.texastowers.com/philly.htm Too bad the Phillystran folks have nothing noteworthy on their site. I wonder what so different
I also have an old 204BA up temporarily and with no rope and it makes no noise. I cannot see the rope playing any role in making "rattles" go away unless, perhaps the clamps are not tight...in which
You don't have a choice...it depends on the cable size. For 1200# cable (admittedly NOT likely to be used as a tower guy cable) ONLY clamps are recommended. For the bigger sizes, grips are the only c
After searching around for a while, I bought my rope from New River Nets - I think W8JI recommended them. http://www.newrivernets.com It's a double-braid polyester rope made by Wellington, called Rhi