Last night I started putting together my guys (broken into non resonant
lengths) with the insulators and big grips that just arrived. I had planned
to have the guy that attached directly to the tower be about 4' long. So I
pre cut some guys that were 3' long to take into account the additional 6"
that the big grip provides on each end of the guy. The problem is that the
1/4" big grips are so long that the 3' guy piece, that I need to wrap them
on, is not long enough to allow the guy to extend past the second set of
yellow marks without the two big grips overlapping in the middle of the 3'
piece. If I put the guy wire about 1" down below the second yellow mark then
I might have enough room to get two big grips on the 3' guy piece. What are
your thoughts on having the guy cable not extend past the second yellow mark?
Should I just recut a bunch of 4' - 5' sections to come off the tower with.
I'm going to go search for the big grip website now, maybe they will have
something on there. A set of instructions did come with the big grips but
they were for the Phillstran types. Your thoughts please as I'm trying to
get the guys all made up prior to the tower raising on Saturday. Thanks and
73, Jack W4NF
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