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Re: [TowerTalk] Loos Gauge for Philly

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Loos Gauge for Philly
From: John Simmons <jasimmons@pinewooddata.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2021 11:40:08 -0500
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The reason for the steel tail is in case of fire or physical damage to the Phillystran. BTW, I got called out for the same oversight in a similar thread last year.

-de John NI0K

John Keating wrote on 7/13/2021 11:33 AM:
Bill - as noted in this string, nowhere (at least nowhere obvious) in Philly
documentation is there a requirement for EHS tails. I didn't have them on my
small tower. When I upgraded the installation I replaced Philly with
Mastrant guy ropes, and the homebrew gauge was useful there as well.

John
AI6LY

On 13 Jul 2021 Bill K4XS/V31XX wrote:

I appreciate the creativity on building your own tension testing device,
but why reinvent the wheel.? Philly should be installed with a tail of >EHS
maybe 15 feet or so at ground level.? That is quite sufficient to use a Loos
gauge.? I've been doing that for years.
Bill K4XS/V31XX
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