your anchors for your wires sound heavier duty than some of the tower
anchors I hear used on this reflector!
If you are witnessing that much strech and it is not the wire that is
stretching then you out to spring for a short piece of Phillystran on
each - use their smallest size with some wire rope clips...
I have been using Philly for boom trusses for years now with no problems
there - of course I don't have ice here in FL, either :-)
K4OJ
Rob Atkinson, K5UJ wrote:
> Hi everyone:
>
> I have a vertical guyed with dacron. At both ends of each guy I've
> got 3 or 4 small clips and thimbles (in other words, I didn't just tie
> knots and leave it at that). The anchors are 4' ground screws with 3"
> helixes in line with the guys. I find that about every 6 months I
> have to put tension back into the guys. Is this because the dacron
> stretches--is it supposed to stretch that much? I'm using 3/16" rope
> & wonder if this is normal with this stuff--I've heard that it
> stretches but I figured eventually it would quit doing that. Just
> wondered if there's a possibility of a problem somewhere else like it
> is slipping through the U clips (however I've tightened them as much
> as I can). Tnx,
>
> 73,
> Rob Atkinson
> K5UJ
> k5uj@hotmail.com
>
>
>
>
>
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