[TowerTalk] Broken Johnny-ball insulators and replacing guys

[Pete Smith]

At 08:47 AM 10/23/03 -0500, W0UN -- John Brosnahan wrote:
>So the question is  IS THE FUNKY END DOWN OR UP?
>I have never seen anything in print about this and I always
>marked it up as an old wive's tale (but I always put my
>funky ends down just in case!).


John, I bet this is EXACTLY the story.  I just checked my stock and I have 
two different types.  One, glazed a reddish grown, has a "waterline" on one 
end of each one about 3/8" from the end, and on the short side the color is 
slighter and the finish less shiny, as if unglazed.  The other type is a 
dark grey color, and does not have the "waterline" look, but on one end the 
small flat surface - less than 1X1 in area -- is rough and does not seem to 
be glazed.

While I have no idea which ones were used on this guyset and won't know 
till I get it down, I'd bet on the first type.  In any case, from now on 
it's funky end down!

Another related question -- this tower is 100 feet of Rohn 25, guyed at 31, 
62 and 95 feet.  The problem guys are the bottom set.  Would I be well 
advised to set a teporary guy before I remove and replace each one 
individually, or can I safely slack off on all three -- given a calm day -- 
and drop them all at once?


73, Pete N4ZR
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