My guess would be that there arent many people still buying new clamps.
Most are probably going to preformed grips on new installations. They are
easier to use, look better, and probably are actually cheaper to use by the
time you add up the 3 clamps and extra cable. I personally feel the grips
are more reliable / foolproof than using clamps or nicopress crimps. The
only downside is not being able to reuse them vs clamps.
73, Tyler K3MM
psoper@encore.com on 04/22/97 10:39:50 AM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
cc: (bcc: Tyler G Stewart/BENN/CEC)
Subject: [TowerTalk] forged/malleable EHS clamps
Oops, in a previous message about guy tension I appended the above
subject but then decided not to include that item. Here it is.
Texas Towers won't be stocking forged EHS clamps in the future so
I cleaned them out of their remaining stock of 1/4CCF. I'm curious
what the tradeoff is. Do malleable clamps differ in strength or
durability or is there some other characteristic? (Not that my wimpy
first tower is going to explore any strength issues, just wanting to
learn)
Regards,
Pete
KS4XG
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