[TowerTalk] Big Grip Help

[K7LXC@aol.com]

In a message dated 29/09/99 07:30:57 EST,  W4nf@aol.com writes:

> 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. 
>
      That's what I'd do. The crossover marks are the minimum for guy wire 
attachment. 
  
>  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. 

      The Preformed grip installation technique is basically the same for all 
Preformed grips. I don't know the web address but I suspect there's not much 
additional information to be had.

Cheers,   Steve   K7LXC
Tower Tech

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