[TowerTalk] Rohn Info

[wowly]

I'd ask Rohn about ice shields - they'd also protect guy clamps if that
system is used.

LARRY  K8PUJ
----- Original Message -----
From: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 2:32 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rohn Info


>
> At 10:01 PM 8/10/00 -0700, Stan or Patricia Griffiths wrote:
> >
> >I have heard of two reasons for using end sleeves on preforms.
> >
> >1.  On a long length of guy wire where several inches of ice may build
up, as
> >the ice melts, chunks of it several feet long may come sliding down the
> guy wire
> >at break-neck speed and as they hit the exposed ends of your preform at
the
> >bottom, unravel it . . .  If you live in a "no ice" area, this should not
> be a
> >probem for you.
>
> The local Rohn dealer had a slightly different (IMO more plausible)
> explanation.  He says that in the case of preforms with their ends facing
> up, the risk is that water will run down the guy wire and freeze inside
the
> end of the grip.  Expansion can then cause the guy grip to progressively
> unwrap.
>
> Either way, they are easy to install and cost so minimal that I
> enthusiastically endorse the idea.
>
>
>
> 73, Pete Smith N4ZR
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