After reading the many response and suggestions, I feel compelled to thank the group as a whole and all those that responded to the question about the proper or preferred material to use to keep dipo
Never used bungee cord with antenna rope on trees. How long does it hold up out in the wx? Not long I would think but since I never tried it I thought i'd ask. tnx, 73 Rob K5UJ ______________________
I recently replaced a number of old double-hung windows from the 40's and saved the old sash weights to use with dipoles and other wire antennas. Really like them. Michael Goins, k5wmg Professor, Wri
The cloth covered bungee last about two years out in the WX here in MI. So every other spring I lower the antenna and replace the bungee. There are those who say its a terrible idea, but I'm pretty s
That's due to the inertia of the weights, which is why it's a good idea to use bungee cords or springs in series with the weight. Parallel the bungee cord with a loose rope as a backup in case the b
If you live in California Bungee cord will last about three months before it turns to the equivalent of wet paper and falls apart. Mike Never used bungee cord with antenna rope on trees. How long doe
I use 1/4 inch dacron rope attached to bungee cords, with a "safety" rope around the bungee cord to make it fail-safe. Works fine here in the Colorado Rockies at 7500 feet, with TONS of sunshine and
Window sash weights and garage-door springs are a great combination. Don N8DE _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list To
I use 1/4 inch dacron rope attached to bungee cords, with a "safety" rope around the bungee cord to make it fail-safe. Works fine here in the Colorado Rockies at 7500 feet, with TONS of sunshine and
I can see it now -- just like the stories of copper plumbing being taken from vacant houses, shortly we'll be reading in the newspapers about double-hung windows disappearing from houses in neighborh
No doubt due to the state of the economy and the real estate market, not to mention the fact the some folks are cutting back on expenses, such as those used to support dipoles, they are indeed using
why wait for vacancy.. the lots in my neighborhood are 50 feet wide, so the houses on either side are basically 100 ft (call it about 30 meters) apart. If I load up the two houses on either side as t
You have to bear in mind that, insulated wire inside other people's houses has a slightly different velocity factor than bare copper well above ground, so, you have to cut it to lengths that differ f
That's easy -- just look for houses that are 5% larger or smaller than normal.... _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing lis
Hi Rob I use some bungee cords here at the bottom of my verticals. They are rubber with a cloth coating on the outside. The cloth deterioritated and it gone, but the rubber cords are still there and
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Around here they are much more thoughtful and remove that nasty stuff from the houses under construction so you won't be bothered by electronic noise from those locations. Almost all construction aro
As long as you keep re-tensioning the lines holding it up, it's not a problem -- the gain in the main lobe keeps increasing until your halfwave dipole is more than double its original length....:-) B
Well, sure, that would WORK, but, what kind of rude neighbors do you have, that would want you to go to that bother and expense? They can't be bothered to go to Wal-Mart and cough up a few bucks for
There's a practical limit to the stretching, but it does happen. I recently lowered and trimmed an 80M dipole that had lengthened enough over two years to shift it about 150 kHz down in frequency. Th