[TowerTalk] what not to do in your tower

[Steve Maki]

Roger (K8RI) wrote:

> The same is true for turnbuckles. They should have a safety 
> cable around them so if they come apart the only thing that happens is 
> the guy tension slacks off a bit.


The safety wire is really to combat vandalism and possibly vibration 
induced unwinding of the turnbuckle. They are usually threaded through 
the turnbuckle and the ends connected to each other with a single *in 
line* cable clamp, totally incapable of supporting the tower in the 
event of a turnbuckle failure.

The turnbuckle shouldn't be the weak spot in the guy wire.

-Steve K8LX