[TowerTalk] Re: Guy wire for sale

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Have 1000ft of commercial grade guy wire for sale.This wire is 3000lbs. rated galvinized steel used to support 100ft utility pole.Will cut to length but prefer to sell all 1000ft.$2.00 per foot for cuts or $1.50 for all 1000ft.You must pay shipping or come to Sayville N.Y. and pick up.Contact me at ny6dx at netscape.net"






























Jerry Keller - K3BZ" <k3bz at arrl.net> wrote:

>So do I. From the photos, it is indeed an antenna disaster of major proportions. In an area prone to 
>ice storms this kind of wipeout must happen periodically, though, and it brings to mind one of the 
>best features of the SteppIR yagis... when an ice or wind storm is expected, one can withdraw the 
>metallic element tapes into the motor housings on the boom, leaving only the hollow fiberglas tubes 
>as particularly vulnerable to damage. The fiberglas tubes have shown a remarkable ability to bend 
>and rebound without damage even with thick ice deposits, but in the unlikely event one were to be 
>damaged, it's not very expensive to replace (last I heard, about $25 from the mfr.). With access to 
>the boom, it's not a tough job either... the glas tube slides in and is secured by a rubber 
>weather-boot (Home Depot or Loew's)and a couple of SS hose clamps. Maybe Pat will be looking at the 
>SteppIR as replacement for the obviously more vulnerable aluminum, because the terrible damage in 
>those photos shouldn't happen to anyone even once, but certainly not more than once.
>73,  Jerry K3BZ
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Jan Erik Holm" <sm2ekm at telia.com>
>Cc: "towertalk reflector" <towertalk at contesting.com>
>Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 2:31 AM
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Wires from a Freestanding Tower
>
>
>> Wow what a total dissaster. I really feel sorry
>> for N9RV!
>>
>> 73 SM2EKM
>> ---------------------------------------------------
>>
>> GALE STEWARD wrote:
>>
>>> Well, I'm not so sure. If a bunch of wire antennas
>>> become heavily laden with ice (a situation many of our
>>> radio brothers and sister are dealing with right now)
>>> and wind comes up from the opposite side...  It would
>>> make me pretty uneasy! Speaking of ice, check out some
>>> of the recent damage at N9RV:
>>>
>>> http://home.comcast.net/~n9rv/
>>>
>>> Really heartbreaking!
>>>
>>> 73, Stew K3ND (guyed tower owner)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --- chris <chris at fite.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>   Unless your have a lot of tension on your wire
>>>
>>>>antennas, it seems unlikely that the strain on the tower could begin to
>>>>be significantly loading the otherwise properly erected and guyed
>>>>tower.
>>>>
>>>>-- 
>>>>Chris, K4AY
>>>>
>>>>In theory, theory and practice are the same.  In
>>>>practice, they are different.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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