[TowerTalk] Rohn fiber insulators

[J. Kincade]

Still, to follow the "non-conducting materials for the first 1/2 wavelength
at the lowest freq" (this rule makes perfect sense to me), one would need
three of these end-to-end on each guy, and at $50 a pop x 2 guys, we're
talking $900 minimum + fittings. Again makes 6 70' lengths of 6700-lb
Phillystran look pretty attractive at about $530 + fittings, doesn't it?
73, Jerry W5KP

----- Original Message -----
From: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 2:48 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rohn fiber insulators


> At 10:11 PM 6/6/01 -0500, Jim Rhodes wrote:
> >Has anyone out there ever used the rohn 24' fiberglass insulators? If
they
> >aren't too expensive (yes I know they are sold by rohn) they look like a
> >good way to get the EHS guys away from the tower. Would be great on my
> >stubby thing, the guys on it now are just EHS with no insulators and they
> >to mess up the wires.
>
> I'm not familiar with Rohn's, but I have 3 21-foot Joslyn versions on my
> Rohn 25.  They are really easy to work with, because they have a
> clevis-type pin on each end that fit perfectly through the Rohn torque bar
> holes.  On the down-guy end I just used a thimble/grip combination to
> convert to EHS.  They cost about $50 each new, from US Tower Service in
> Frederick, MD.  The Joslyns may be cheaper because I believe they are
> designed for power-pole use.  They are very light but are rated at
> something like 15K pounds breaking strength
>
> The one trick with these things is getting them home -- they are semi
> rigid, and draped over my pickup truck rather artistically with only a
> little bit sticking out front and back.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> No, no ... that's WEST Virginia
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