[TowerTalk] Loos Gauge for Philly

[John Simmons]

The reason for the steel tail is in case of fire or physical damage to 
the Phillystran. BTW, I got called out for the same oversight in a 
similar thread last year.

-de John NI0K

John Keating wrote on 7/13/2021 11:33 AM:
> Bill - as noted in this string, nowhere (at least nowhere obvious) in Philly
> documentation is there a requirement for EHS tails. I didn't have them on my
> small tower. When I upgraded the installation I replaced Philly with
> Mastrant guy ropes, and the homebrew gauge was useful there as well.
>
> John
> AI6LY
>
> On 13 Jul 2021 Bill K4XS/V31XX wrote:
>
>> I appreciate the creativity on building your own tension testing device,
> but why reinvent the wheel.? Philly should be installed with a tail of >EHS
> maybe 15 feet or so at ground level.? That is quite sufficient to use a Loos
> gauge.? I've been doing that for years.
>> Bill K4XS/V31XX
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