Re: Topband: Fwd: cable clamps on old Phillystran

2014-05-30 Thread HAROLD SMITH JR
moisture out. Grant KZ1W On 5/29/2014 7:45 AM, Carl wrote: What about ice forming inside the sheath from those breaks? Carl KM1H - Original Message - From: Tree t...@kkn.net To: 160 topband@contesting.com Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 9:48 AM Subject: Topband: Fwd: cable clamps on old

Re: Topband: Fwd: cable clamps on old Phillystran

2014-05-30 Thread Tom W8JI
The only damage on my Yagi antennas from the ice storm we had (about an inch of radial ice) was to Philliystran struts. In every case the jacket held in place under the clamps but the strand inside moved. Now I have to rent a crane with man basket to repair the struts. The end attachment with

Re: Topband: Fwd: cable clamps on old Phillystran

2014-05-30 Thread Bill Wichers
...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tom W8JI Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 3:40 PM To: HAROLD SMITH JR; Grant Saviers; 160 Subject: Re: Topband: Fwd: cable clamps on old Phillystran The only damage on my Yagi antennas from the ice storm we had (about an inch of radial ice) was to Philliystran struts

Re: Topband: Fwd: cable clamps on old Phillystran

2014-05-29 Thread Carl
What about ice forming inside the sheath from those breaks? Carl KM1H - Original Message - From: Tree t...@kkn.net To: 160 topband@contesting.com Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 9:48 AM Subject: Topband: Fwd: cable clamps on old Phillystran Forwarding from KZ1W: -- Forwarded

Re: Topband: Fwd: cable clamps on old Phillystran

2014-05-29 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
Well, to put it as it affected me as I read it, that's enough to give me the willies. While some might have read that as a victory of sorts, a successful test of a non-factory method, the very idea of 5 torquings, or that one can only use 1/3 of the rated strength of the line, is way more than

Re: Topband: Fwd: cable clamps on old Phillystran

2014-05-29 Thread Grant Saviers
forming inside the sheath from those breaks? Carl KM1H - Original Message - From: Tree t...@kkn.net To: 160 topband@contesting.com Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 9:48 AM Subject: Topband: Fwd: cable clamps on old Phillystran Forwarding from KZ1W: -- Forwarded message