In a message dated 29/09/99 07:30:57 EST, W4nf@aol.com writes:
> Last night I started putting together my guys (broken into non resonant
> lengths) with the insulators and big grips that just arrived. I had
planned
>
> to have the guy that attached directly to the tower be about 4' long. So
I
> pre cut some guys that were 3' long to take into account the additional 6"
> that the big grip provides on each end of the guy. The problem is that
the
> 1/4" big grips are so long that the 3' guy piece, that I need to wrap them
> on, is not long enough to allow the guy to extend past the second set of
> yellow marks without the two big grips overlapping in the middle of the 3'
> piece. If I put the guy wire about 1" down below the second yellow mark
> then
> I might have enough room to get two big grips on the 3' guy piece. What
are
>
> your thoughts on having the guy cable not extend past the second yellow
mark?
>
> Should I just recut a bunch of 4' - 5' sections to come off the tower
with.
>
That's what I'd do. The crossover marks are the minimum for guy wire
attachment.
> I'm going to go search for the big grip website now, maybe they will have
> something on there. A set of instructions did come with the big grips but
> they were for the Phillstran types.
The Preformed grip installation technique is basically the same for all
Preformed grips. I don't know the web address but I suspect there's not much
additional information to be had.
Cheers, Steve K7LXC
Tower Tech
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