Doug,
Crosby sells spelter sockets and epoxy kits
https://www.thecrosbygroup.com/products/sockets/spelter/mckissick-416-open-spelter-sockets/
They show up on the big auction site for under $50 each. By the time
you buy thimbles, a shackle, and the 4 clamps, it becomes cost neutral,
and yeilds a stronger connection to boot.
73 Martin
W2RWJ
On 10/8/2018 10:11 AM, Speer, Douglas via TowerTalk wrote:
I bought some new old stock 0.300" Phillystran. I was told by the seller that
this older Phillystran is not intended to be used with the preformed Big Grip
Dead-Ends. Instead I was told to use traditional thimbles and clamps to form my
ends. Does this sound right? Would I torque up the clamps just to the point that
the Philly is staring to compress? My only previous experience terminating
Phillystran is with the dead ends. If it matters, I will be using this Phillystran
to guy an insulated tower for use as a vertical. No wind load to speak of other
than the tower itself.
Doug, W5WTX
Amarillo, TX
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