[TowerTalk] Turnbuckles with Rod Sides

[Grant Saviers]

The wire rope clips are also completely misplaced on the ES5TV guys.  
They should be about 2" apart and first one tight to the thimble.  I 
can't tell from the video if he saddled a dead horse. l'd also bet there 
was no torque wrench used.  It looks like pretty skimpy wire and 
turnbuckles for that load even with 5 levels of guys.  Sad.  So easy to 
do right.

A figure eight of EHS thru the eyes/jaws and center not only prevents 
rotation but covers several turnbuckle failure modes as well (done on my 
tower).  If the thimble and anchor shackle are large enough to thread 
the EHS thru then with any turnbuckle failure the guy is still attached.

Grant KZ1W

On 9/11/2017 16:34 PM, Wayne Kline wrote:
> If my gray matter recalls,  ES5TV  lost his fantastic  8 -  5 element   H frame ARRAY  because he did not use safety wires  on the turnbuckles and lost  the installation    !    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9fDlbIFhMs&t=7s
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>   Wayne  W3EA
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> I Ditto that Dave.
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> The Bible ( Rohn Catalogs ) as  far back as I can remember always had a diagram in the  "general " Tab of the catalog  regarding
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> A: the Safety Wire ( through the turnbuckles Bodies and Eyes   )
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> B: and if not using  PLP Preforms  Serving the EHS guy wire   . after the last cable clamp .
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> Wayne W3EA
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> Same here.  That 1/4 EHS works great.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of David
> Robbins
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>> When using turnbuckles, *don't forget to safety wire them*.  I have never
> seen a ham safety wire a turnbuckle.
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> My turnbuckles are all wired.  I just take a cut off piece of guy wire and
> loop it through the bodies of all the turnbuckles and then through the live
> side eyes, that way neither side can turn.
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> David Robbins K1TTT
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