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 perspective how does it
work for you?
John KK9A
From: "Tonno Vahk" <tonno.vahk@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 14:55:50 +0300
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 went back up last autumn with new
antennas. It was a painful lesson and certainly I am using safety wires on
all
my turnbuckles now!
I did learn about the saddling of the dead horse thing and have fixed the
wire
rope clips. The only thing that I am probably not doing right is the distance
between wire rope clips on the wire. Given I had quite long ends of the wire
left over I left also half a meter or more between 4 wire rope clips (the
first
one right after the thimble).
Is it and why is it crucial to keep the wire rope clip close to each other on
the wire (2" or so)?
73
Tonno
ES5TV
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