Nope, the stub was standing plumb and square. My current theory after pondering it is the eyes in the wire rope may not have been pulled in tight because I don't believe in that stuff being tight as a guitar string. I did set them all to have the same twanging sound which with them being same relative length would mean they are pretty close on tension. Maybe my highly calibrated tensioning tester [ears] have gone out of calibration? I rechecked it all yesterday afternoon and will again later today to ensure it is not a recurring problem. It only took a turn and a half on the half inch turnbuckles to snug it so it didn't slip far but being a steep angle it was all it needed to be unsafe. There was no indication anything moved or the turnbuckles unscrewed as the safety cable was not under any tension, It took longer to undo the safety cable than perform the fix itself.

Thanks for the interest.

I was going to post a Diary about it but been way too busy with fall type chores, tower install, honeydo list and plain laziness.

Tom

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