[TowerTalk] pulling guy lines tightly

[john at kk9a.com]

It's hard to imagine the stiffness of the wire not having a dramatic effect 
on this gauge.


Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] pulling guy lines tightly
From: "Roger (K8RI)"
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:02:31 -0400
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Dick Green WC1M wrote:
> Well, this must be one of those YMMV situations.
>
>
Apparently <:-))
> All I can say is that on EHS near the 10% target tension, my Loos reads
> about 30% high compared with a Dillon dynamometer. At the low end of the
> scale, it's off by about 50%. At the high end of the scale, it's off by
> about 20%. Undoubtedly one of the gauges is off.
I'm running Phyllistran with 10 to 15' headers of EHS at the bottom.  It
seems to matter little whether I put the gage on the Phyllistran or EHS.

Roger (K8RI)