Jim said:
>
> My antennas are mostly up 100-120 ft in redwoods, douglas fir,
> and madrones. I have had multiple failures of flex-weave in
> antennas hung in trees and hung from towers. Indeed, virtually
> every antenna I have ever built with flex-weave has failed
> mechanically at points of connection.
I'm not sure what flex weave is composed of, but I did see some that a guy
here had in a 160 meter antenna and it rusted. I think the wire he had
must have had some iron in it or something. Looked kinda nasty. 73
Tom W7WHY
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