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1. [TowerTalk] Need a Knot Expert (score: 1)
Author: Gedas <w8bya@mchsi.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 09:40:19 -0500
I am trying to figure out the best knot to use to tie two ends of 3/16" Dacron rope together such that when I am left the two ends will not come apart, and will leave me a loop to work with so I can
/archives//html/Towertalk/2019-11/msg00278.html (8,366 bytes)

2. Re: [TowerTalk] Need a Knot Expert (score: 1)
Author: Gedas <w8bya@mchsi.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 10:24:41 -0500
Thank you Jim, Dave, Charlie, and Charles. Looks like a great site !  A number of people have suggested a Bowline but when I did a search on that site it shows at least 6 of them hi-hi......From what
/archives//html/Towertalk/2019-11/msg00279.html (8,691 bytes)

3. Re: [TowerTalk] Need a Knot Expert (score: 1)
Author: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 07:44:03 -0800
On 11/27/19 7:24 AM, Gedas wrote: Thank you Jim, Dave, Charlie, and Charles. Looks like a great site !  A number of people have suggested a Bowline but when I did a search on that site it shows at le
/archives//html/Towertalk/2019-11/msg00280.html (9,645 bytes)

4. Re: [TowerTalk] Need a Knot Expert (score: 1)
Author: Gedas <w8bya@mchsi.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 10:56:34 -0500
Hi Jim. Yes I think you understand what I am after. To me one or two loops would be fine. Two might even be better as it may be stronger when the wire antenna end that will be attached to that loop e
/archives//html/Towertalk/2019-11/msg00281.html (11,666 bytes)

5. Re: [TowerTalk] Need a Knot Expert (score: 1)
Author: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 10:35:21 -0800
Or a figure 8 on a doubled rope. I am NOT a knot expert. That is why I can highly recommend the figure 8 knot in general, and specifically here with a doubled rope, and specifically with 3/16 inch d
/archives//html/Towertalk/2019-11/msg00283.html (9,222 bytes)

6. Re: [TowerTalk] Need a Knot Expert (score: 1)
Author: Pete Raymond <n4kwpete@centurylink.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 14:07:26 -0500
Tie a square knot with a half hitch at both ends after the Square knot.  It will not slip!! 73, Pete N4KW Or a figure 8 on a doubled rope. I am NOT a knot expert. That is why I can highly recommend t
/archives//html/Towertalk/2019-11/msg00284.html (10,033 bytes)

7. Re: [TowerTalk] Need a Knot Expert (score: 1)
Author: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 12:20:13 -0800
Or a figure 8 on a doubled rope. I am NOT a knot expert. That is why I can highly recommend the figure 8 knot in general, and specifically here with a doubled rope, and specifically with 3/16 inch d
/archives//html/Towertalk/2019-11/msg00285.html (11,450 bytes)

8. Re: [TowerTalk] Need a Knot Expert (score: 1)
Author: Glenn Pritchard <gpritchard7000@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 12:36:55 -0800
Try the Boy Scouts.... Glenn, VA7UO -- *Never believe an Atom, they make up everything..* _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mai
/archives//html/Towertalk/2019-11/msg00286.html (12,063 bytes)

9. Re: [TowerTalk] Need a Knot Expert (score: 1)
Author: Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g@windstream.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 14:38:16 -0600
A double sheet bend will join a couple lines together.Man made material is slippery compared to natural fiber so a single sheet bend might slip, hence the double.  Worried?  Use a triple. Patrick    
/archives//html/Towertalk/2019-11/msg00287.html (12,155 bytes)

10. Re: [TowerTalk] Need a Knot Expert (score: 1)
Author: Gedas <w8bya@mchsi.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 16:01:19 -0500
I really appreciate all the wonderful suggestions from so many ops both direct & via the group. The joining of two ropes part is easy (even for me).....my main concern was ending up with a loop to wo
/archives//html/Towertalk/2019-11/msg00288.html (14,543 bytes)

11. Re: [TowerTalk] Need a Knot Expert (score: 1)
Author: "Wes Attaway \(N5WA\)" <wesattaway@bellsouth.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 15:06:07 -0600
Gedas: You have received a lot of good suggestions. Here is one more, and it is pretty simple. You are apparently not going to be risking anyone's life. You are going to hold up one end of a dipole a
/archives//html/Towertalk/2019-11/msg00289.html (11,149 bytes)

12. Re: [TowerTalk] Need a Knot Expert (score: 1)
Author: Wes <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 14:25:56 -0700
I'm with the other Wes on this one. If I understand correctly you only have a load on the upper side of the knot. I would join the ends with any old knot and tie a alpine butterfly loop on the upper
/archives//html/Towertalk/2019-11/msg00290.html (9,962 bytes)

13. Re: [TowerTalk] Need a Knot Expert (score: 1)
Author: Gedas <w8bya@mchsi.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 16:50:06 -0500
Hi Wes and TU. I am not sure I am positive what you mean by only a load on the upper side of the knot. I am going to have two pulleys, one at the top of the tower and one at the bottom. I am going to
/archives//html/Towertalk/2019-11/msg00291.html (13,026 bytes)

14. Re: [TowerTalk] Need a Knot Expert (score: 1)
Author: Edward Mccann via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 14:19:33 -0800
And the bonus on the bowline (bight or not) is that it is easy to untie, should the need arise. Your arthritic fingers will thank you. Ed McCann AG6CX Sent from my iPhone ____________________________
/archives//html/Towertalk/2019-11/msg00292.html (11,098 bytes)

15. Re: [TowerTalk] Need a Knot Expert (score: 1)
Author: "Wes Attaway \(N5WA\)" <wesattaway@bellsouth.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 16:33:56 -0600
The key to my suggestion is "tension". Square knots will not pull loose with the tension you are talking about. I see no need for other types of knots in this particular application. -- Wes Attaway (
/archives//html/Towertalk/2019-11/msg00293.html (13,968 bytes)

16. Re: [TowerTalk] Need a Knot Expert (score: 1)
Author: Howard via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 21:23:58 -0600
Hi, I'm sorry I don't have any additional knot information than what has already been provided, however, I have a question.  After you pull the loop for your dipole to the top pulley, how do you inte
/archives//html/Towertalk/2019-11/msg00294.html (14,474 bytes)

17. Re: [TowerTalk] Need a Knot Expert (score: 1)
Author: Gedas <w8bya@mchsi.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 23:21:16 -0500
I was wondering if anyone was going to ask that :-) In the past what I have been doing is making a temporary loop (you know the kind that if you pull on the ends with nothing inside the loop, the loo
/archives//html/Towertalk/2019-11/msg00295.html (15,440 bytes)

18. Re: [TowerTalk] Need a Knot Expert (score: 1)
Author: Robert Harmon <k6uj@pacbell.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 22:21:12 -0800
Gedas, I have been following this discussion with interest. I have a similar arrangement on my tower. I have a 3 foot pipe extending out from the top section with a pulley on the end. A rope goes thr
/archives//html/Towertalk/2019-11/msg00296.html (17,635 bytes)

19. Re: [TowerTalk] Need a Knot Expert (score: 1)
Author: Wes <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2019 06:06:51 -0700
Hi Gedas, Originally you used the flag on a flagpole as an analogy. Absent the flag, I see little need for a lot of tension in the loop.  Then if the flag is hoisted by that portion of the loop locat
/archives//html/Towertalk/2019-11/msg00298.html (12,391 bytes)

20. Re: [TowerTalk] Need a Knot Expert (score: 1)
Author: Gedas <w8bya@mchsi.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2019 11:06:41 -0500
I am hoping that I will never have to worry about the "loose end" of my rope ever getting loose and coming off the top pulley requiring me to tilt over my tower to re-thread the rope thru the pulley.
/archives//html/Towertalk/2019-11/msg00299.html (17,359 bytes)

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