Re: [TowerTalk] Can?t add egg insulator...

[Herbert Schoenbohm <herbert.schoenbohm@gmail.com>]

Douglas,  Where ever there are sail boats look for a supply place as 
they  should have an ample supply of strong rope for their industry 
especially along the Veradero Section of Havana.

Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ

On 12/14/2015 8:53 PM, Douglas Ruz (CO8DM) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for all your suggestions.
>
> As Dacron and Kevlar ropes are not available here, i think i have an 
> alternative non conductive strong material close of my town.
> Somebody know the SLING used to move products at the harbor ???...from 
> and to the ship.
> I think i can get that SLING from the harbor...i know it is very 
> strong but i dont know if this material can survive the weather 
> here...UV radiation and marine environment.
> 73....Douglas, CO8DM
>
> "No creo que haya alguna emoción más intensa para un inventor que ver 
> alguna de sus creaciones funcionando. Esa emoción hace que uno se 
> olvide de comer, de dormir, de todo." - Nikola Tesla
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Sawyer" <sawyered@earthlink.net>
> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 14, 2015 8:19 AM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Can?t add egg insulator...
>
>
> > Stan, K5GO said "At risk of purists saying absolutely not, if I were 
> > going
> > to put up just 30 feet of 25G tower and didn't have all the proper 
> > materials
> > to insulate the guy wires and guy it as would normally be done, I 
> > wouldn't
> > hesitate for a moment to put two levels on that small tower using 3/8"
> > diameter polyester (Dacron) low stretch rope. The antenna will blow 
> > apart
> > first eliminating a potential problem and rope doesn't rust."
> >
> >
> >
> > I would second Stan's suggestion for 2 reasons: 1) a spider beam is 
> > going to
> > collapse anyway under a really strong Hurricane wind and 2) whenever 
> > someone
> > says "rooftop" tower, what they really are saying is "how strong are my
> > anchor points anyway?".  This is all about the ability of the guy 
> > anchors to
> > support the pull of the tower in wind.  Rarely is any roof connection 
> > system
> > up to the task.  By support with a strong rope, you kill many birds 
> > with one
> > stone and you likely don't add any weakness vs the anchor points.
> >
> >
> >
> > I had a 60 ft tower of 25G support by 2 sets of rope guys for 5 years 
> > as my
> > 160M vertical.  It was heavy rope and there was a plate under the 
> > tower. It
> > was purposely not permanent because it was on a farmers land.  I had to
> > remove it when the land sold.  Now I have 2 T top wire verticals - 
> > phased.
> >
> >
> > Ed  N1UR
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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