Forwarding from KZ1W: A hydraulic jack H frame press was modified to provide tension in excess of 20,000 lbs. Tension was applied to a 4 foot long 5/8 od parallel strand (old) Phillystran cable termi
What about ice forming inside the sheath from those breaks? Carl KM1H Forwarding from KZ1W: A hydraulic jack H frame press was modified to provide tension in excess of 20,000 lbs. Tension was applied
Well, to put it as it affected me as I read it, that's enough to give me the willies. While some might have read that as a victory of sorts, a successful test of a non-factory method, the very idea o
Ice is an interesting question. I'll speculate that it doesn't matter much since the sheath is pretty flexible and the Kevlar has a small sensitivity to moisture. The Kevlar demonstrated very high cr
Hi Grant and Carl, About 20 years ago, I replaced my steel guy wires on my 80 ft of Rohn 45G with 6700lb Phillystran. At that time the end kits were 4 galvanized cable clamps and a plastic end cap.
The only damage on my Yagi antennas from the ice storm we had (about an inch of radial ice) was to Philliystran struts. In every case the jacket held in place under the clamps but the strand inside m
Just a thought, but has anyone checked to see if there is a dead-end / preform type of grip that will work on the older style phillystran cable? That might make a better connection than the clamps an