[TowerTalk] GUY WIRE ENDS (re: Sag / Length)

[K0FF]

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From: n4kg@juno.com <n4kg@juno.com>
To: TOWERTALK@contesting.com <TOWERTALK@contesting.com>
Date: Sunday, June 18, 2000 5:49 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] GUY WIRE ENDS (re: Sag / Length)


>
>Extended guy wire ends can be used to make
>neat looking safety attachments around turnbuckles.
>
>If your turnbuckles are connected directly to your anchor,
>you can loop the end through the anchor and clamp it back
>on itself.
>
>If your turnbuckles are 'In Line' with guy grips attached to
>each end, there will be enough room to simply attach the
>extended end of the guy (from above the turnbuckle) to
>the anchor using another guy grip.
>
>de  Tom  N4KG


There was a young man named Jim Probst who worked at the local radio store
and did some tower climbing on his days off. One days he was on a 150
footer, and after finishing, decided not to carry a  heavy wrech all the way
down. Instead, he hooked it on a carabiner and let it slide down the top guy
wire. The thing got up quite a speed, and when it hit the turnbiuckle, it
kicked up with a big bang. The shock wave broke the turnbuckle and it
seperated, and was not saftey wired. The guy wire let go, the tower fell
down and killed him. An ironic twist is that he rode it down as had been
instructed, but the tower fell over some HV electric feeder lines, and
caught him between the tower and HV on the way down.
Accidents like this usually are caused by a combination of errors. The lack
of anyone of them would have prevented it.

Geo>K0FF
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