Last week, someone pointed out that the drawing on a Glen Martin web page shows the cable clamps incorrectly positioned (ie: backwards). I sent an e-mail to Glan Martin informing them about their err
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 seem to remember a discussion long ago about this. I think it has something to do with how slippery the outer jacket is. Since it is very flexible and can slip easily in the eye they wanted the ext
I received the following reply from Glenn Martin when I asked why this was the case. Here is what I received back: There you go. 73, Jon NA9D -- Jon Ogden NA9D (ex: KE9NA) Citizen of the People's Dem
From Phillystran Technical Bulletin 355-9/00 "PHILLYSTRAN Nonmetallic Tower Guy End Preparation" "CAUTION: Extreme care must be taken to assure the U-bolt clips are properly installed and tightened.
My question is if you go to the added expense of using Phillystran, why would use scrimp and use cable clamps instead of the big grips????? 73 Rick KC5AJX I received the following reply from Glenn Ma
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