[TowerTalk] Guys and things

[Mark Brown]

Hi All
	I sure would have hated to rely on fence wire for a guy
when the 90+mph breeze went thru last night, tore the rain
gutters off the house but NO antenna damage.
					Mark


Barry Kirkwood wrote:
> 
> Been following the guy discussion with interest.
> Point of information:
> For us benighted folk outside the USA, what is "Phillystran"?
> To continue:
> I have had a lifelong interest in both sailing and amateur radio.
> One thing they have in common is that products sold in these markets are
> vastly overpriced compared with comparable products marketed for other
> consumers. (An exception might be ham transceivers, but that is another
> story.)
> My mind boggles when I hear $5 US ea for what I presume to be compression
> (egg) insulators to break guys in relatively modest service. I can buy whole
> bags full of electric fence insulators on the expensive ZL market for $5 US.
> I do not have the numbers on them, but would be surprised if they failed in
> service. They have never looked like doing so for me.
> The same thing goes for thimbles, shackles, rigging screws etc if you buy
> them from farm or industrial suppliers rather than marine or radio
> companies.
> For smaller installations plain fence wire with ratchet tensioners does a
> great job for guys and costs peanuts.
> If Phillystran is Kevlar, then hunt around commercial fishing boat
> suppliers. You might go into shock when you find how cheap these guys sell
> it.
> I read the QSTs of the 1930s and 1950s and marvel at how things have changed
> in the USA.
> By the way, when you find a way of terminating Kevlar without writing off
> most of its strength and weight advantage let us know.
> This will surely help us hang on to the America's Cup for another decade or
> two.
> 73
> Baz
> 
> end
> Barry Kirkwood PhD ZL1DD
> Signal Hill Homestay
> 66 Cory Road
> Palm Beach
> Waiheke Island 1240
> NEW ZEALAND
> www.waiheke.co.nz/signal.htm
> 
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