[Towertalk] Coupling phyllistran to ehs

[Mike Gilmer, N2MG]

In PLP's (maker of Big Grips) instruction sheet they 
go one step further - they state that thimbles (when 
used alone as in thimble-to-thimble joints) have been 
known to collapse (under "high tension" - not defined) 
and they recommend using a cylinder of sorts 
(bolt/pin/insulator) on which to wrap the thimbles, 
thus providing additional support.

Texas Towers suggested I use a pin shackle at that 
joint, but the radius of these shackles is so small 
that I can't imagine them helping very much.

Since I have more insulators than thimbles I 
considered using them at this junction (though I 
hate "wasting" them this way - I can buy thimbles 
locally, not so insulators).

Mike N2MG

K7LXC wrote:
> tony.kaz@verizon.net writes:

> > Shouldn't the guy grip go around something that 
> > maintains its radius? Does it matter?

> Yes, it should be a thimble-to-thimble connection.

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