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21. Re: [TowerTalk] polyrod (score: 1): Author: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>; Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 19:42:51 -0400; earlier this up from the sale of protect it from the splintered throughout the will have to be unrolled in the back Once again just last week I asked everyone I could reach at polygon about the "fal; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-04/msg00808.html (10,169 bytes)
22. Re: [TowerTalk] polyrod (score: 1): Author: "RICHARD BOYD" <ke3q@msn.com>; Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 20:29:43 -0400; Yeah, well I absolutely do not and will not get involved in any sort of argument about this, but for anyone at Polygon to say they've never heard of such a thing just shows ignorance on their part. W; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-04/msg00809.html (11,548 bytes)
23. Re: [TowerTalk] polyrod (score: 1): Author: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>; Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 20:48:15 -0400; in any sort of argument about this, but for anyone at Polygon to say they've never heard of such a thing just shows ignorance on their part. What causes it may be open for debate, but to not have he; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-04/msg00811.html (9,636 bytes)
24. Re: [TowerTalk] polyrod (score: 1): Author: "Roger K8RI on Tower" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>; Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:29:29 -0400; Why not just use one of the Kevlar cables such as Phylistran, or the one AES sells just called Kevlar guy line? Nothing is perfect, but so far I like the light weight and easy handeling of the Kevlar; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-04/msg00814.html (8,720 bytes)
25. Re: [TowerTalk] polyrod (score: 1): Author: "RICHARD BOYD" <ke3q@msn.com>; Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 22:31:51 -0400; Who knows. It's possible the ones we got (more than one shipment, as I recall) were defective. It could be ours were the typical and what you have is the "supreme" version. Your experience is another; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-04/msg00816.html (12,956 bytes)
26. Re: [TowerTalk] polyrod (score: 1): Author: "Jim Lux" <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 19:44:21 -0700; AES of What's the stretchy-ness of Polyrod vs aramid (Phillystran, Kevlar, etc.) vs steel? That has an effect on the overall performance. _______________________________________________ See: http://w; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-04/msg00818.html (9,553 bytes)
27. Re: [TowerTalk] polyrod (score: 1): Author: "Keith Dutson" <kdutson@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:55:20 -0500; Aramid does not stretch. I have never noticed fiberglass to stretch either, except perhaps when I am cornering at the limit in my Corvette. :) 73, Keith NM5G --Original Message-- From: towertalk-boun; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-04/msg00819.html (9,910 bytes)
28. Re: [TowerTalk] polyrod (score: 1): Author: "Michael Tope" <W4EF@dellroy.com>; Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 20:11:45 -0700; I believe for the same tensile load, phylistran stretches more than the equivalent (same load rating) EHS steel guy. Kurt K7NV did some really interesting analysis on this: http://k7nv.com/notebook/t; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-04/msg00820.html (10,446 bytes)
29. Re: [TowerTalk] polyrod (score: 1): Author: "Frank Donovan" <donovanf@erols.com>; Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 23:22:14 -0400; I still have dozenbs of broken pieces from rolls that fractured. When I spoke to the engineers at Polygon Plastics years ago, they were not interested in analyzing them. If they's suddenly become int; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-04/msg00821.html (8,403 bytes)
30. Re: [TowerTalk] polyrod (score: 1): Author: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com; Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 23:29:35 EDT; In a message dated 5/1/05 1:31:23 AM Greenwich Standard Time, k8ri-tower@charter.net writes: Why not just use one of the Kevlar cables such as Phylistran, or the one AES sells just called Kevlar guy; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-04/msg00822.html (8,222 bytes)
31. Re: [TowerTalk] polyrod (score: 1): Author: "Jim Lux" <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 20:35:09 -0700; And, I'll add some of my own experience. I've built a fair amount of stuff with structural steel, structural aluminum, and pultruded fiberglass (Extren 550). From a strength standpoint, the aluminum; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-04/msg00823.html (11,200 bytes)
32. Re: [TowerTalk] polyrod (score: 1): Author: "Tyler Stewart" <k3mm@comcast.net>; Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 23:35:18 -0400; Not to beat a dead horse, but this is deja vu from my original order. Engineers never heard of it, we sent samples back, they replaced it...and that's just "hooey" about shipping damage. Ty K3MM ____; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-04/msg00824.html (12,828 bytes)
33. Re: [TowerTalk] polyrod (score: 1): Author: "RICHARD BOYD" <ke3q@msn.com>; Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 23:49:42 -0400; Polygon was 33-50% the price of Phillystran at the time, as I recall. I think it was very non-stretchy. -- KE3Q -- Original Message -- From: Jim Lux<mailto:jimlux@earthlink.net> To: Roger K8RI on Tow; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-04/msg00825.html (10,686 bytes)
34. Re: [TowerTalk] polyrod (score: 1): Author: "Roger K8RI on Tower" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>; Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 01:31:52 -0400; I purchased the Phillystran 3 or 4 years ago (give or take) and it wasn't that expensive. 50 some cents a foot for the 4400# test and I don't seem to find the invoice for the 6600#, but as I recall i; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-05/msg00000.html (11,699 bytes)
35. Re: [TowerTalk] polyrod (score: 1): Author: "Michael Tope" <W4EF@dellroy.com>; Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 23:28:57 -0700; Hi Jim, I don't have any experience with kevlar or fiberglass kuys other than admiring it on other peoples towers. If you look at Kurt's website, however, it looks like for the same 3000 lb tensile l; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-05/msg00001.html (9,568 bytes)
36. Re: [TowerTalk] polyrod (score: 1): Author: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>; Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 07:26:34 -0400; as I recall. I think it was very non-stretchy. I hope everyone takes this the right way. We tend debate hours on end about cad welding, rebar rust, using four direction guys, and all sorts of things; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-05/msg00002.html (9,729 bytes)
37. Re: [TowerTalk] polyrod (score: 1): Author: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>; Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 07:32:45 -0400; With all the insulators and LONG guy lines on my towers the guy sag is so deep the towers move a heck of a lot more than towers I've had with Phylistran guys. You can shake 'em and clearly feel the; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-05/msg00003.html (9,067 bytes)
38. Re: [TowerTalk] polyrod (score: 1): Author: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>; Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 07:44:20 -0400; Surely this is readily resolvable, if W3LPL, K3MM et al can simply recall the name of their contact at Polygon during the previous episode. Then it can be determined whether that person is still ther; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-05/msg00004.html (10,442 bytes)
39. Re: [TowerTalk] polyrod (score: 1): Author: "Keith Dutson" <kdutson@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 09:16:24 -0500; Fiberglass may be sensitive to UV, but I doubt it affects strength significantly in tower guying applications. However, I also prefer the light weight and easy storage of Philly and would not conside; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-05/msg00005.html (13,229 bytes)
40. [TowerTalk] polyrod (score: 1): Author: "Ken Claerbout" <K4ZW@Staffnet.com>; Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 10:37:42 -0400; failure they saw was from being >coiled! What should we conclude from these examples? I don't know of anyone who has had a failure when the stuff was uncoiled. The failures I know of happened when t; /archives//html/Towertalk/2005-05/msg00006.html (8,457 bytes)

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