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Subject: [TowerTalk] philistran (or whatever)
From: w8ji@contesting.com (w8ji.tom)
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 09:47:40 -0500
Please, does anyone know what distributor has the cheapest price on
philistrand (or however it is spelled)??? I need to wrap up construction on
my tall 160 tower in the next week or two.

I'd like to use a flexible light weight guy line. Since I'm only guying the
top set in non-metallic line (the lower lines are all multiple insulators
in EHS cable), I only need about 1500 feet of  non-metallic line.

The reason I want to use a smooth line is so I can pull ropes and wires up
without constantly dropping the top set of guys off the tower. With a
smooth line I could just let the wires or ropes slide up the line until
they get up to the top. 

I thought about putting plastic over my grips, wrapping the grips with
tape, or heat shrinking the grip ends and just using insulators as an
alternative. I think with the ends of the grips covered, wires or ropes
would easily slide past the insulators. Anyone ever try this idea???

Nothing worse than snagging a wire under a grip.

73 Tom

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