I'm new to this, but did a lot of research and found that the Loos PT2 appears to be calibrated for wire with a breaking strength of 4545-5000 lbs, while the Rohn 3/16EHS500 wire has a breaking stren
Why are you concerned with the Loos gauge's breaking strength chart? I just use the table to set the guy wires to the recommended tension (usually 10% of its breaking strength). John KK9A I'm new to
If my conclusions are correct, the chart appears to be based upon the breaking strength of a different type of wire than one would use for a tower. The chart appears to be based upon stainless steel
You're overthinking this. 10% of breaking strength pretension recommendation is not critical in most ham cases. It's a very general ballpark figure. On towers that are heavily loaded, pretensions can
It's all about the diameter of the wire under test and the amount of deflection when the mechanics of the Loos presses on that wire to deflect it between two points on the instrument. The amount of d
I can't find it now, but a couple years ago I found some calibration data comparing the Loos PT-2 on 3/16 EHS compared to the SS wire rope it was designed for. I recall that the PT-2 read perhaps 10
Comparing the Loos readings on stainless steel cable vs EHS is not checking the gauge's accuracy. You would need to tension the EHS with a dynamometer and then check it with the Loos gauge. The Loos
Author: "R. David Eagle via TowerTalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2021 12:42:30 +0000 (UTC)
I thought I would give everyone an update on what I cam up with to tension the .22 philly at low tensions. My goal was to have the tension between 100-175lbs. Not many gauges will handle that low o
As a follow-up to my below comment, it turns out that the Loos web page describing their 90 Model B non-professional gauge found at <https://loosnaples.com/product/tension-gauges/90-model-b/> states