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1. [Towertalk] Knots for Guys (score: 1)
Author: k3bz@arrl.net (Jerry Keller)
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 00:37:45 -0500
There was a lot of discussion recently about knots, particularly the bowline for making loops and using when the knot would remain under tension. I want to use Phillystran to guy a 40 foot aluminum t
/archives//html/Towertalk/2003-01/msg00113.html (7,372 bytes)

2. [Towertalk] Knots for Guys (score: 1)
Author: na9d@speakeasy.net (Jon Ogden)
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 06:45:04 -0600
While I am a major bowline fan, I don't know if you'd want to do this. Knots do reduce the strength in a line. So your knot would reduce the strength of the Phillystran. I forget by how much but I th
/archives//html/Towertalk/2003-01/msg00115.html (9,235 bytes)

3. [Towertalk] Knots for Guys (score: 1)
Author: n2mg@eham.net (Mike Gilmer, N2MG)
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 09:43:54 -0400
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
/archives//html/Towertalk/2003-01/msg00120.html (8,445 bytes)

4. [Towertalk] Knots for Guys (score: 1)
Author: bruce@epocs.com (Bruce Miller)
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 07:38:13 -0700
Jerry, During a recent installation of an M2 10 meter 7 element monobander, my ham friend who was helping, began attaching the Phillystran from the mast bracket to the outer ends of the boom. We used
/archives//html/Towertalk/2003-01/msg00122.html (8,839 bytes)

5. [Towertalk] Knots for Guys (score: 1)
Author: n2tk@arrl.net (N2TK)
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 09:49:27 -0500
My understanding from a metal cable company is that if you use a thimble on a guy cable you lose 20% of the strength of the cable at that point. If you weave the end of the cable you lose 5% of the c
/archives//html/Towertalk/2003-01/msg00123.html (9,553 bytes)

6. [Towertalk] Knots for Guys (score: 1)
Author: shr@ricc.net (W0UN--John Brosnahan)
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 09:20:48 -0600
Jerry/Bruce-- Never use knots for Phillystran! And the Delrin block is "just OK" for a top boom guy--but NEVER should be used to structurally hold up a tower. For such a small tower (40ft of aluminum
/archives//html/Towertalk/2003-01/msg00124.html (9,597 bytes)


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