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Re: [TowerTalk] Turnbuckles

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Turnbuckles
From: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 20:04:55 -0400
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From: <wb4mle@ctvea.net>
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Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Turnbuckles


> On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 16:46:10 +0000, you wrote:
>
>>I used thread locking
>>adhesive, and they've been stable ever since.
>>
>>73, Joe
>>K2XX
>>
>>
>>Joe has a good thought here also.  Remember that Locktite comes in 
>>different forms, one color designates tools as being required to break the 
>>joint and another color represents that heat must be applied to loosen the 
>>joint.
>>
>>Also, enclosing the guy anchor in fencing, like is done at commercial 
>>stations, might be another deterent.
>
> You may wish to use a piece of wire rope (hell to cut) laced through
> the thimbles, turnbuckle centers and the anchor rod eye with a crimped
> splice to act as a safety catch if a part fails or is loosened. Some

I "safety wire my turnbuckles with wire rope, but I've never found any of 
the stuff difficult to cut. (witht he right tools)<:-))  The old "universal 
skeleton key" works every time. I just use a hand full of wire clamps to tie 
the things off.  Most of my turnbuckles are on an EHS "Leader" that takes a 
step ladder to reach.

Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
www.rogerhalstead.com (Use return address from home page)


> installers that use preforms loop the guy tail through the eye and
> crimp it/them to each other.
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