[TowerTalk] pulling guy lines tightly

[K7LXC at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/22/2008 11:05:05 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:

>  W8JI compared the readings with EHS and fiberglass guy  material in series
and found a large discrepancy. As far as I know, he  didn't compare EHS and
Phillystran. My experiment compared the readings of  two gauges on the same
material, 1/4" EHS.


    I re-read Tom's emails and he didn't really know  what the fiberglass 
material was. He surmised it was Phillystran. Phillystran  uses an aramid fiber 
(ala Kevlar) which I don't know if that's the material he  was using. 
 
    I don't have any rebuttal for Tom's (and also  Dick's) observations but 
the one I did had 3/16" EHS, 3/16" 7x19 galvanized  steel and HPTG4000 in 
series pulled to a recently calibrated Dillon  Tensionmeter and they all read the 
same +/- a couple of percent.  

Cheers,
Steve     K7LXC
TOWER TECH








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