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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