Re: [TowerTalk] Guying a vertical...???

["Douglas Ruz \(CO8DM\)" <co8dm@frcuba.co.cu>]

I am trying to get the "550 Paracord"...it is not available here but will 
see what i can do to get it...
I read/hear many people used in verticals and it is strong and UV resistant 
and very cheap compare with Dacron and Kevlar.
I have looking on ground, water and air here and it is not 
available...unbelievable but it is the true !!!
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: "Alex Malyava" <alex.k2bb@gmail.com>
To: "Patrick Greenlee" <patrick_g@windstream.net>
Cc: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2015 12:08 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Guying a vertical...???


> What about Kevlar rope like one used in spiderbeams?
> They also claim it is UV resistant and does not stretch.
>
> On Saturday, August 29, 2015, Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g@windstream.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Dacron has very low stretch and is available in black which is pretty UV
> > resistant.  Nylon is pretty much like guying with rubber bands.
> >
> > Patrick         NJ5G
> >
> > On 8/28/2015 10:22 AM, Douglas M. Ruz Sobrado wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am working in a vertical for low bands (160, 80 and 40m)...i am using 
> > > a
> > > combination of 1 1/2" OD aluminum tubes to build a 54 ft high vertical.
> > >
> > > I am looking for UV resistant rope for guying...what is the best 
> > > diameter
> > > 3/16 or 5/16"???
> > >
> > > Any idea ???...any website from the US ???
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > 73...Doug, CO8DM
> > >
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