[TowerTalk] Loos PT-3 Corrections for EHS Cables

[Byron Tatum]

Hello-     I have spent some time searching but could not find the information I recalled seeing, previously I believe on this site, regarding the correction factor for the Loos tension guage when used on the stiffer 1x7 EHS guy lines.     Particularly I am looking for corrections in using the Loos PT-3 with 1/4" and 5/16" EHS guy cables.I did find one Ham's comments on his website about applying a 10% correction (I believe adding 10% to the converted pounds reading taken from Loos guage) for the 5/16" EHS cable.    I read his comments about a procedure:       1. Positioning the Loos guage in several different places on guy cable, just slightly removed from each other, due to the effects of strand lay on the nylon pulleys.        2. Next he averaged the raw scale readings then converting this averaged reading to pounds on Loos chart.       3. This pounds reading was increased by 10% (correction for 5/16" EHS).Any comments appreciated. I am doing some fine tuning on guy tensioning on newly erected 130' Rohn 45G tower, put up according to Rohn 130 MPH dimensions and specifications.Thanks, Byron W5FH