[TowerTalk] Loos Tension Gauge

[Dick]

When we calibrated cable tensiometers for aircraft cables we suspended a
known weight from a cable attached to a fixed point and measured the
tension on the cable with the instrument under test.  I don't know why
you couldn't perform a similar test either substituting different cables
or as John says below, put a known and unknown in series and build a
calibration chart.
 
Dick, N0IM
 
> Thanks, Tom-- 
> 
> Pretty much what I figured, and saves me the hassle of doing the
tests. 
> Even saves me the hassle of finding my Loos.  Confirms that nothing
beats 
> my Dillon series dynamometer! 
> 
> But this does allow one to make a calibration scale for a different
material.
> Just put some wire rope in series with the test material, confirm that
the
> material and get a correction factor for the specific material.  Only
issue
> then is whether 1x7 EHS is orientation specific, if it has an inherent
"set"
> or bias or bend.
 
> BTW  I got my Dillon series dynamometer at a garage sale for $5,
complete
> with its carrying case and two clevises.
 
> --John  W0UN
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