[TowerTalk] Rohn 25G screw-in guys

Pete Smith n4zr@contesting.com
Mon, 07 Aug 2000 01:17:42 +0000


At 05:19 PM 8/6/00 -0600, n4kg@juno.com wrote:
...

>My conjecture is that the guy wires stretched.
>It IS possible that they may not have been EHS.
>Most of my 1/4 inch guy wire was obtained surplus
>from either utility or CATV service.
>

Even if it was EHS, my understanding is that any guy wire will stretch a
bit without necessarily breaking.  A foot per hundred wouldn't seem
extraordinary.

73, Pete Smith N4ZR

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