[TowerTalk] Guy wire tensioning.. here's my idea

[Norm Duxbury]

Good grief, Rusty, West Marine wants $120.00 for a PT-2.  Steve's price is
$79.  I'm doing the math and ordering accordingly.

73, Norm - W1MO

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "R Atkins" <rusty_atkins at yahoo.com>
To: <K7LXC at aol.com>; <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 10:45
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Guy wire tensioning.. here's my idea


> I suppose you are right. I had planned to order from Champion and save a
few dollars... along with giving business to one of the "small guys". The
point of all this questioning is because of my time constraints.
>
> I'll be stopping by West Marine today to buy one. (and no, this isn't
intended as sarcasm or flame bait. I'll be giving Champion my biz in the
future)
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> Thanks to all that responded.
>
> Rusty
> K0FE
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: "K7LXC at aol.com" <K7LXC at aol.com>
> To: towertalk at contesting.com; rusty_atkins at yahoo.com
> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 10:32:15 AM
> Subject: Re:  [TowerTalk] Guy wire tensioning.. here's my idea
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> In a message dated 7/11/2007 10:49:31 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:
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>   >  I've been thinking about this and believe I have a way...
>   there is of course some additional drag with the pulleys, rope stretch
won't
>   be that much of an issue. It goes like this..
>
> >  come-along
>   clamped to guy wire on one end, rope on the other end. rope runs through
>   pulley on anchor (10,000lb rating in dirt, concrete top-filled, so the
side
>   load shouldn't hurt it), out to a pulley on the nearest available tree,
then
>   straight down to a platform of some sort (pallet?) with 400 lbs on it.
When
>   the weight/platform/pallet come off the ground about 1/4", tension is
about
>   right. Tighten with turnbuckle until weight is back on
>   ground.
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> >  What do you think?
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>       Nobody said that hams weren't ingenious.
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>       Sounds like an awful lot of work when all you
>   have to do is make one toll-free phone call and then you can do the job
>   accurately in a couple of minutes.
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>   Cheers,
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>   Steve     K7LXC
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