[TowerTalk] Re-use cable clamps?

[john at kk9a.com]

To me it doesn't made since change the cable and use the old hardware. The 
cable clamps that I have seen usually corrode before the EHS.  This sounds 
like a very time consuming way to guy the tower.

John KK9A

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Subject:[TowerTalk] Re-use cable clamps?
From:Donald Chester <k4kyv at hotmail.com>
Date:Sat, 8 Mar 2014 20:44:27 +0000
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Ordering new cable and re-using the old clamps and insulators would be a
fraction of the expense of using Phillystran or terminating with Guy Grips.
Since I am doing the work myself at my own leisure, the time involved for
making up each guy wire using new or used clamps is not an issue.

I'd also like to see some opinion on whether or not serving the dead ends
following the cable clamps is really worth the trouble. None of the old 
clamps
appear to have loosened up in over 30 years.


Don k4kyv