[TowerTalk] Alternate method of setting guy tension

[n8de at thepoint.net]

Please explain how you get the fish scale into that 1/2" space?
73
Don
N8DE


Quoting John Fickes <kc0bmf at gmail.com>:

> Jeff
>   First my disclaimer, I've used this method while building barb wire fence
> to test the tension so as to get all the wires close to the same tension
> and I don't know why it wouldn't work for what you are doing, BUT I don't
> guarantee.
>
>    1 Take a board  42" long
>    2 Drive 2 nails in the board 40" apart but don't seat the nails, leave
> them up a bit
>    3 Draw a straight line between the nails
>    4 Drive another nail 1/2" below the line that you drew and in the center
> of the first 2 nails
>    5 Rest the cable on the first 2 nails that are 40" apart and using a set
> of fish scales hook the cable and pull the cable till it touches the 3rd
> nail and read your fish scales.
>    6 Take the reading of your fish scales and multiply by 20
> So for example if you pull the wire back and when it touches the middle
> nail the scales read 10# multiply by 20 = 200#
>
> I've used this method as I said and it works great for fence. Good Luck
>
>                          73 John W0JW
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