[TowerTalk] Making guy lines visible

[Bob K6UJ]

You're probably going to get a lot of interesting ideas on this Dick.

Here's mine.  You can get ping pong balls in different colors.  Slot them half way thru and slide them on the guy wires at your
preferred spacing.


Bob
K6UJ



On Jan 29, 2012, at 4:59 PM, Dick Dievendorff wrote:

> I have a guyed tower, and we're going to have a good number of construction
> vehicles on site for a new house build.  One of the guy wires is very near a
> natural parking area for contractors, and some of them may not get the word
> about driving into guy lines.  
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> I'd like to make the guy very visible.
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> I've seen some "balls" on guy wires designed to make them visible to
> aircraft. I'd like something of a bright color that I can fasten to the
> bottom 10 feet or so of the guy wires.  
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> Any suggestions?  
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> It should survive about a year.  I don't think tying a red rag to the guy is
> going to suffice.  
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> Dick, K6KR
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