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Subject: Guy wires...
From: blckhole@ripco.com (Keith Morehouse - W9RM/p)
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 04:39:44 +0000
Tom Francis wrote:
> 
> Which is the correct way to install clamps on
> guy wire - the U-bolt part of the clamp on the
> tag end of the line or vice-versa?

As the old saying goes - "Never saddle a dead horse".

In laymans terms, the "U-bolt part" goes over the "dead" end and the
other part (the saddle) bears on the "live" end - a.k.a the end with
tension - a.k.a the part that goes up toward the tower...

Now - send me my pizza.

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