I respectfully disagree....! I have some Philistran (4000 Lbs) that I purchased from Texas Towers about 10 years ago. The** manufactures recommendations** were to use 4ea 3/8" wire rope clips to secu
And yet, if you order specific lengths from the factory and are willing to pay for potted ends (spelter sockets), they will terminate them for you. In fact, spelter sockets are the ONLY termination
Hello Tower Talk Brain trust : I have old kind of Phillystrand cable - former used at SUPER station AA6TT -6700 lbs. - this history undoubtedly gives it special properties !! The clamps on this were
Actually it's NO CABLE CLAMP on the old stuff. It's too stiff to bend. If someone installed it that way, they screwed up royally. Also NO CABLE CLAMP on the new stuff either. The clamp will cause the
A further comment about the old style Phillystran......the potting ends run around $35 each (one size fits all ham sized cables). The potting compound runs around $50 and makes around 15 or 20 ends.
When I last purchased the Philystran potted ends for my old style 6700#, the ends were $8.95 each and the resin with hardener was $11.95/quart from Texas Towers. That was in '89, shortly before they
Not only that, but in a conversation with them a few years ago, long after they had dispensed with the potted end philly, they would not even recommend an epoxy type or vendor for philly and unused
I know that they still make the ends and also sell the potting ends for the old style Philly because I talked to the rep from Philly Rope Works at the Dayton Hamfest two years ago and ordered the mat