[TowerTalk] guy tension

[Roger (K8RI)]

Gregg Seidl wrote:
>   Before I got a Loos tensioner I was happily naive. I didn't know what the 
> tension was so I didn't care. Now I have one and was measuring some of my 
> guy wires tonite. Temp is about 60 degrees. I got readings below 5 percent 
> breaking strength.
Ahhhh...5% below? Do you mean on a 4000# test line you are running a 
tension of 3800#?  That means you'd only need a good strong breeze to 
break the guys.  Typically the tension is 10% or in this case 400#.  It 
will vary noticeably with temperature so you do them all at the same time.

73

Roger (K8RI - ARRL Life Member)
www.rogerhalstead.com
N833R (World's oldest Debonair)