I have been very pleased with rope from Mastrant. https://www.mastrant.com No commercial interest. Just a satisfied customer. --Kirk K4RO On 4/21/2021 6:30 PM, Lux, Jim wrote: On 4/21/21 2:48 PM, Gra
I was thinking of 1/4" or 5/16" Phillystran which weighs 0.018 or 0.033 pounds/ft. John KK9A You'll always have sag... less sag, with more tension... Here is a calculator, with both ends at the same
Thanks Kirk. I saw this stuff in a booth at the last Visalia DX convention, and it looked very good. Their website calls it "guy rope." Would you expect it to wear well going through pulleys in trees
Remember Crocodile Dundee saying "That's not a knife, THIS is a knife." Well, if you want to see long cable spans, take a look at this: https://www.wsmr.army.mil/testcenter/testing/landf/Pages/Aerial
Author: Mike DeChristopher <mfdechristopher@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 09:06:57 -0400
I'll second Mastrant. I have a variety of their product in the air here, the majority of it through pulleys at over 100' in pines. I buy their rope almost exclusively. It's handled the rub, pine pitc
Third. My use is very modest, but it's held up fine in the Sonoran Desert environment. Wes N7WS It's handled the rub, pine pitch, sun, ice etc. just fine. And this is New England. I wish I could rem
Jim, I've been using Mastrant rope of various grades for many years. It's tough stuff - I've often run Mastrant-P through tree branches with no pulley for temporary situations and it's quite resistan