[TowerTalk] Prime Directive - clamps etc

[Tom Rauch]

> OOPS - Glen Martin's pics indicate the reverse!
> For example, see:  http://www.glenmartin.com/catalog/page18.html and I
> just rechecked the Owner's Manual as well.

It makes less difference with a soft line than with a hard line like 
EHS. Wire rope takes reversed clamps better than guy-strand.

But unless I'm missing something unusual, he has the clamps 
backwards in the drawing. 

> Soooo, is this an exception to the Prime Directive?  Of course, I can't
> remember now, and will have to go out and see if I DID follow the
> manufacturer's (?wrong) instructions!

Never follow the manufacturers instruction if they are wrong. Ohh, 
I'm sorry, that's the prime rib.


73, Tom W8JI
w8ji@contesting.com

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