In a message dated 10/25/2008 9:26:45 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
towertalk-request@contesting.com writes:
> A local ham told me to get some heavy duty hood springs from a 1950-1960's
car and put them between my guy wire equalizer plates and earth anchors.
> This is to "prevent backlash" during storm force winds.
> Any thoughts on this?
You bet. This is a particularly stupid idea. Is there anything like this
that's even suggested by the manufacturer? No way.
By backlash, I assume he's talking about slack in the guys. If the guys are
properly tensioned, there's no need to "prevent backlash" because there is no
slack on the guys.
And besides, you've got no idea what the strength of the hood springs
are. How would you attach them?
In all things the LXC Prime Directive still trumps amateur old wives'
tales: "DO what the manufacturer says." The converse is also true "DON'T DO
what they don't tell you."
And congratulations for checking on TowerTalk before following this very
poor - and potentially fatal - advice.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
TOWER TECH
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