[TowerTalk] Guy wire resonance

[Richard L. King]

Do not use grips made for EHS on the Polygon fiberglass rod. I don't know 
if this would be a safety hazard or not, but it certainly is not what is 
designed to be used with the rod.

PLP (Preform Line Products) in Cleveland, OH makes GlasGrips that work 
properly. These grips should meet or exceed the breaking force that the rod 
specifications indicate.

I have 6000 feet of polygon rod in the air now and another 4000 feet left 
to install.

73, Richard - K5NA

At 00:18 6/7/01 -0500, Kevin Adam, Webz By design wrote:
>Have you checked out fiber glass rod I got mine for .38 cents per foot
>at polygon company in Walkerton in. then you use the big grips for the
>5/16 ehs ends this way was a lot less then buying all insulators and
>clamps that I needed to make it go together.
>http://www.polygoncompany.com you get 5000 feet for less than 2300.00
>dollars ours cost us 1900 but we went in as group and bought it that way
>because min is 5000 foot min order.
>More you buy less is the cost.
>
>
>N9IWW
>Kevin Adam
>1239 W. Till Rd.
>Fort Wayne IN. 46825
>219-490-7312
>http://www.fortwayneradioclub.net/n9iww
>n9iww@mail.com
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-towertalk@contesting.com
>[mailto:owner-towertalk@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill Turner W7TI
>Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 9:03 AM
>To: Mike Gilmer - N2MG
>Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Guy wire resonance
>
>On 6 Jun 2001 06:07:39 -0700, Mike Gilmer - N2MG wrote:
>
> >
> >************EHS
> >
> >1/4" EHS    $0.189/ft
> >502 insul   $5.50
> >Big grip    $6.00
> >
> >(1650ft * $0.189) + (48 * $5.50) + (120 * $6.00)
> > = $1296
> >
> >************Phillystran
> >
> >6700# Philly   $1.29/ft
> >grip           $12.00
> >
> >(1650ft * $1.29) + (24 * $12.00)
> > = $2416
> >
> >**************
>
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