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Re: [TowerTalk] Opening Steel Hardwre AFter 15 Years

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Opening Steel Hardwre AFter 15 Years
From: K9MA <k9ma@sdellington.us>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 11:42:38 -0500
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On 4/15/2020 11:02, Steve Maki wrote:

   Which it (the safety wire) certainly will NOT do unless it's
   installed way differently than is common practice.

Which is EXACTLY why I went to the trouble of using strong cable for the safety wires.

73,
Scott K9MA


On 04/15/20 11:31 AM, Grant Saviers wrote:

For a few dollars, safety wires seem to me to be a good value insurance, but YMMV for risk taking.

Absolutely. I was only gently correcting the common notion that turnbuckle safety wires are to keep a tower from falling if the turnbuckle *breaks*.

Which it (the safety wire) certainly will NOT do unless it's installed way differently than is common practice.

-Steve K8LX
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