On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:20:55 -0800 Bill Turner <dezrat@copper.net>
writes:
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
> On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:58:03 -0000, "David Robbins K1TTT"
> <k1ttt@arrl.net> wrote:
>
> >I use 1/4" EHS guy wire for my trams. The forces on a tram can be
> huge if
> >you aren't careful.
>
> ------------ REPLY FOLLOWS ------------
>
> May I ask how you terminate the ends? Is EHS flexible enough to
> wrap
> around a thimble and use clamps or do you need to have swaged ends?
>
> Or something else?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill, W6WRT
EHS will go around a thimble. It can be held in place by clamps or a dead
end. Think about leaving in a turnbuckle, to tighten the line.
Fred Hopengarten K1VR hopengarten@post.harvard.edu
Six Willarch Road * Lincoln, MA 01773-5105
781/259-0088; FAX 419/858-2421
www.antennazoning.com
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