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Re: Topband: Corner insulator of Inverted L

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Subject: Re: Topband: Corner insulator of Inverted L
From: Pete Smith N4ZR <pete.n4zr@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 15:57:22 -0400
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Thanks everyone who replied - I think I have a handle on it now

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 9/25/2021 9:32 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
I'm in the process of putting my inverted L back up, and have a construction question - how do you position and attach the corner insulator?  My support for the vertical section is an old maple, plenty tall but only really reachable with a pull-up rope by firing a tennis-ball gun over it.  The first time I put this up, I used a pulley with a deep insulated sleeve and passed the inverted L wire through the pulley.  Neat, it seemed - the corner was automatically positioned to keep the vertical portion the right length. Unfortunately, over a year or so, the antenna wire flexing over the  pulley caused it to break, so this time around I'd like to use a rope through the pulley and an insulator at the corner. Question is how best to do it, to minimize strain on the antenna wire, making it more durable.

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