[TowerTalk] Making guy lines visible

[Mark Robinson]

I cut up short lengths of that cheap yellow rope that you get from Lowes and 
tied 4 pieces to the lower guy at regular intervals. I think that mule tape 
sprayed orange would work well too as it tends to flutter in the wind more.


Mark N1UK

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