[TowerTalk] LOOS gauge ramblings

[K7LXC@aol.com]

In a message dated 3/13/01 4:47:05 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
alsopb@gloryroad.net writes:

> I'm beginning to think that one needs a section at least twice the
>  length of the gauge to get a meaningful result.  

    All you need is enough section to clamp the LOOS gauge to. Whether a 
cable length is one foot or one-hundred feet, the tension will be the same at 
any point along guy FOR PRACTICAL PURPOSES.
>  
>  If the above is not true, I'd really like to have some technically
>  savvy person explain to me how the gauge really does work correctly in
>  these cases.

    I did this and published the results in my "Up The Tower" column in CQ 
Contest magazine. I used a calibrated Dillon dynamometer as the reference.

    But I'm not sure of your question. You mean you want the theory behind 
how it measures? 

Cheers,   Steve   K7LXC
Tower Tech 

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