[TowerTalk] Opening Steel Hardwre AFter 15 Years

[K9MA]

On 4/15/2020 11:02, Steve Maki wrote:

    Which it (the safety wire) certainly will NOT do unless it's
    installed way differently than is common practice.

Which is EXACTLY why I went to the trouble of using strong cable for the 
safety wires.

73,
Scott K9MA


> On 04/15/20 11:31 AM, Grant Saviers wrote:
>
>> For a few dollars, safety wires seem to me to be a good value 
>> insurance, but YMMV for risk taking.
>
> Absolutely. I was only gently correcting the common notion that 
> turnbuckle safety wires are to keep a tower from falling if the 
> turnbuckle *breaks*.
>
> Which it (the safety wire) certainly will NOT do unless it's installed 
> way differently than is common practice.
>
> -Steve K8LX
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