[TowerTalk] Guy wire tensioning without guages?

[R Atkins]

			Has anybody found/thought of an ingenious method of properly tensioning guy wires (3/16 EHS) without the tension guages? 



I've seen the vibration/resonance/harmonic method, but to do it
properly requires that the wires are already properly tensioned and
that you find the first harmonic to use as a baseline in future checks.



Tower standing to 30ft,  anchors down, guy wires hanging, come-alongs and cable
grips on the deck. just gotta figure out how to do this properly
(nobody around here rents the tension guages).

Thanks!
Rusty
K0FE




       
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