[TowerTalk] Long Wire Sag

[Jim Brown]

On 3/10/2019 2:14 PM, jimlux wrote:
>> When doing the pre-stretching, the wire ALWAYS breaks at one end or 
>> the other. We've done this at least ten times. (That is, with 3-4 
>> spools, which I think were 1,000 ft).
>
> Probably because however you attach it to the end point increases the 
> local stress (twisting, bending, what have you) 

Yes.

On 3/10/2019 2:09 PM, Hank Garretson wrote:

> The trick with copperweld is not to nick it.

Or to bend it, to go through insulators.

73, Jim K9YC