Friends of mine have been using amsteel blue rope on their Jeep
winches for several years now; it's good stuff. Easier and safer to
handle than wire rope for winching applications, and less chance of
getting lacerated if it were to break. I wonder how it holds up to
UV? I would be a little skiddish trying it on a tower application,
since as of now I've never heard of anyone using it and don't know
what kind of long term reliability it has. But it certainly seems
strong enough. Is anyone using it?
Chris
KF7P
On Aug 31, 2009, at 16:11 , N4NW wrote:
Nat,
Take a look at Amsteel rope
http://www.samsonrope.com/index.cfm?rope=190
or Amsteel-Blue rope
http://www.samsonrope.com/index.cfm?rope=192
Just as strong as EHS guy wire and with the characteristics of
Phillystran.
However, depending on how much you need and where you buy it the
price may be as much as Phillystran.
You can try contacting a vendor and see what they have in stock. I
have ordered from Ocean Products and was pleased with price of
various Dacron polyester ropes (they call it crab line) to support
wire antennas.
You can find them on the web: http://www.opr-rope.com/rope.htm
73's
Tom - N4NW
At 01:49 PM 8/31/2009, Nathaniel Lee wrote:
> Is there something else other than phillystran out there that has
> the same electrical properties but with less cost?
>
> Nat Lee
>
> Somersworth, NH
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