[TowerTalk] Tram rope

[k1vr at juno.com]

On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:20:55 -0800 Bill Turner <dezrat at copper.net>
writes:
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
> 
> On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:58:03 -0000, "David Robbins K1TTT"
>  <k1ttt at arrl.net> wrote:
> 
> >I use 1/4" EHS guy wire for my trams.  The forces on a tram can be 
> huge if
> >you aren't careful.
> 
> ------------ REPLY FOLLOWS ------------
> 
> May I ask how you terminate the ends? Is EHS flexible enough to 
> wrap
> around a thimble and use clamps or do you need to have swaged ends?
> 
> Or something else?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bill, W6WRT


EHS will go around a thimble. It can be held in place by clamps or a dead
end. Think about leaving in a turnbuckle, to tighten the line.

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