[TowerTalk] Re: Tensioning Rohn 45G guys

[Pete Smith]

At 11:00 AM 7/9/03 -0400, you wrote:
>In short, "bigger" is not always "better" when it comes to choosing guy 
>wire diameter or breaking strength.
A question, though.  One of the beefs with Phillystran is that it stretches 
about twice as much as EHS of the same approximate breaking strength, for a 
given tension.  This implies to me that using bigger Phillystran might make 
for less deflection of the tower under load, and result in a tower that 
would be somewhat stronger than otherwise.  Am I missing something?

73, Pete N4ZR
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