[TowerTalk] Making guy lines visible

[Jim Walker]

Buy several of those foam noodle toys that are about 4 inches round and 5
feet long.  You'll find them in the toy section or pool section of Wally
World.  They come in a variety of vivid colors and have a slit usually down
one whole side.

The slit will allow you to slip them over the guy wire.  Apply a few wraps
of silver tape to give them closure.  Push the first one up the wire and add
a second, third or however many you may need in the same fashion.

I've used this method quite a bit.  They do deteriorate from UV rays, but
mine have lasted for almost two years.  Cost is minimal, so replacement cost
isn't much.

The yellow ones almost glow in the dark.

Jim
KBØX



-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bob K6UJ
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 7:53 PM
To: Towertalk
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Making guy lines visible

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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