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by K3GM on October 19, 2005	Mail this to a friend!
Does anyone know a RETAIL source for those yellow or orange guy wire markers. I'm thinking of those plastic covers, maybe 5 or 6 feet long that wrap around the wire for visibility.

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by AA4PB on October 19, 2005	Mail this to a friend!
The first item returned from google for a search on "guy wire markers": http://www.rodoncorp.com/utility/2.2.guywire.html

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by N3BIF on October 19, 2005	Mail this to a friend!
aa4pb....... " Does anyone know a RETAIL source"...... I think this is a toughy, the retail part. What I would do: BY 10 foot lenghts of white 3/4 inch or 1/2 inch PVC, what a buck and a half each, and a can of neon (pick your color) spray paint and "Roll your own", cut them to fit if too long . I dont see how anything else would be cheaper nor more durable.

RE: Source for guy wire markers?	Reply
by N3BIF on October 19, 2005	Mail this to a friend!
hmmmmm..... well, I guess you would have to put them on before you anchor the wire ......

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by KA0GKT on October 19, 2005	Mail this to a friend!
Check at Graybar. Power poles often have guy wires as well. The folks at Graybar are just as happy to take cash from the amateur as from the professional. 73 DE KAØGKT/7 --Steve

RE: Source for guy wire markers?	Reply
by KB9CRY on October 20, 2005	Mail this to a friend!
What about surveyor's flagging tape at Ace or Home Depot? Phil

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by WB6BYU on October 20, 2005	Mail this to a friend!
Surveyor's flagging weathers rather quickly: certainly it is hard to find in the woods a year later. (It also gets eaten by deer, though I doubt it is very good for them.) I'd look for some scraps of orange plastic gas pipe, or thin-wall PVC pipe sprayed with bright paint colors. If you slice the pipe on a spiral down the length you can twist it onto the guy wire after it has been tensioned without having to loosen it. For bump protection, the lengths of foam pipe insulation seem to work well - perhaps cover it with a wrapping of orange electrical tape? I don't think it takes paint very well, but you might find some that does.

RE: Source for guy wire markers?	Reply
by KA0GKT on October 20, 2005	Mail this to a friend!
How about bright orange smurf tube...fiber-optic duct? It would be tough to miss. Split it so it will fit over the guy wire, punch holes in the smurf-tube and then tie-wrap it to the guy wire through these holes. 73 DE KAØGKT/7 --Steve

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