In 1984 I bought a roll of tarred nylon cord (trot line) to string up a 160
meter dipole in the trees. I think it was 440 pound strength. One end got
stuck and had to be cut to get the wire down several years later. That line
still is visible today, hanging down from that tree.
73, Keith NM5G
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From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of Jim Brown
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2019 1:29 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Durability of Mastrant rope
Was the antenna installed with pulleys and a weight on one end? Any antenna
rigged between trees without that method WILL be on the ground when the wind
blows hard.
I use Synthetic Textiles antenna rope sold by several ham vendors. It's good
stuff, but the outer jacket of the 5/16-in rope eventually frays and breaks
where it goes through the pulleys, and must be replaced. I've gone to the
7/16-in rope for my high dipoles between redwoods. In this rope, the strength
is the interior white rope, while the black outer jacket protects it from UV.
73, Jim K9YC
On 4/19/2019 5:04 AM, N4ZR wrote:
> It was held up by a 70-foot pine tree, and my guess is that either the
> wind caused it to be over-stressed or chafing against branches caused
> it to fail.
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