[TowerTalk] Fwd: Has anyone made use of aluminum pole to house wire?

[K8RI on TT]

On 8/11/2011 11:38 AM, Mark Robinson wrote:
> EHS Guy wire is so cheap that it isn't worth messing around with unknown
> cables. It is all the fittings and fixtures needed to make the guy assembly
> that costs the money.

"Generally" when you find a pair of Al wires like that with a third bare 
return wire *that* wire  is a steel messenger cable for hanging the soft 
Al overhead.  That messenger is strong, but each case has to be 
evaluated to make sure what the wires really consist of.

73

Roger (K8RI)

> The Al wire is most likely as weak as water and is often supported by a
> steel messenger line
>
>
> Mark N1UK
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From:<HansLG at aol.com>
> To:<towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, 11 August, 2011 9:53 AM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Has anyone made use of aluminum pole to house
> wire?
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>> I wouldn't trust it as guy wires. The wire is intended to conduct
>> current.
>> If you open up a little of the cable and "mess around" with the wires  you
>> find them very brittle. If they left some 5/16 galvanized steel, that's a
>> different story.
>>
>> To use it for antennas should be OK, a little heavy though. You will
>> notice
>> if you stretch it too hard.
>>
>> Hans - N2JFS
>>
>> In a message dated 8/11/2011 12:01:34 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> w5jv at hotmail.com writes:
>>
>> We recently had our utilities run underground to resolve some  problems.
>> Left is a coil of 5/16" diameter stranded aluminum power line,  about 100'
>> or
>> more.  Twoof the wires are black insulated, one is the ground  return.
>> Is this stuff suitable for guying a tower or making a "last forever"  wire
>> antenna ofsome sort?
>> Would enjoy hearing responses to  this.
>> TIA,
>> John
>>
>>
>>
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