Thanks for repliesI apologize for not measuring the rods before posting. I just glanced at the turnbuckles when I was over at my friends. I called and had him caliper one of the side rods and it meas
Author: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 16:38:44 -0400
When using turnbuckles, *don't forget to safety wire them*. I have never seen a ham safety wire a turnbuckle. Withe the loads we "normally" put on them, even the cheap imports are "normally" sufficie
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. David
Same here. That 1/4 EHS works great. seen a ham safety wire a turnbuckle. 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 a
I Ditto that Dave. The Bible ( Rohn Catalogs ) as far back as I can remember always had a diagram in the "general " Tab of the catalog regarding A: the Safety Wire ( through the turnbuckles Bodies an
Same here and also on boom guy wires. 73 Peter, DJ7WW Same here. That 1/4 EHS works great. seen a ham safety wire a turnbuckle. My turnbuckles are all wired. I just take a cut off piece of guy wire a
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=Z9fD
Author: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 19:55:49 -0400
Man! 70 meter (227 ft) tower with 8 5L 15 meter monobanders. An installation like that with no safety wires on the turnbuckles. No matter the planning, something always gets missed. (I retired as a p
Really? All of my tower turnbuckles have EHS though them. John KK9A <snip> I have never seen a ham safety wire a turnbuckle. 73, Roger (K8RI) _______________________________________________ _________
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
I was not aware that Tonno's 15m system fell down. This is very sad news. I suspect that there is more to the failure than just a missing safety wire. The tower looks as least as big as Rohn 65g and
Im sorry to learn that Tonno lost his tower and incredible 8 x 5 L array. Its terrible that it happened when it was so easily preventable! For each of my tower guys, I always cut them so that each gu
Oh, hold on guys!:) The 15m array is still up and running! Good way to get those rumors going:) I did lose another 45m rotating tower 2-3 years ago though due to the turnbuckle failure. The tower wen
Fantastic news Tonno. It is great to hear that this was an incorrect post and that the 15m monster is still up and running! So now that you have had this array up for a while, from a contesting persp
Tonno, I am sorry Tonno, I was the one who started this RUMOR or "Fake News " I did remember it was you who lost a tower with a safety wire and wrongfully assumed it was the 15 meter H frame :( My ap
Tonno, Glad to hear your beautiful tower is ok! I did a little reading investigation about the mechanics of wire rope clip spacing and found it is pretty complicated. The basic idea is to have the cl
Wow, than you for this great summary on the subject and research Grant! It sure makes all the sense that clips too far apart will be less effective due to the possible slack. Though not saddling the
I have to say that the results and the performance of the array has even succeeded the expectations. It was due to that antenna that we managed to take all the CQWW and CQWPX EU MM records as ES9C in
Hi Tonno, I am so glad to learn that your 15M array is alive and well (AWESOME you-tube video!) but sorry to learn that you did lose another tower. For guy wires at my qth I only use the preformed PL