We used this method at W3GM's station some years ago
and it works well. Gerry had some fairly large brown
egg insulators attached to the tops of the various
towers. As I recall, he attached them to the tower
with heavy copperweld wire. He ran rope lanyards up
thru the insulators and back to the ground. All manner
of wire antennas could be easily installed and
repaired. No metal or moving parts to break, rust, or
need periodic lubrication.
73, Stew K3ND
--- Ward Silver <hwardsil@centurytel.net> wrote:
> In light of our proclivity for thrift...
>
> Q: How was wire invented?
> A: Two hams fighting over a penny...
>
> I have two contributions to the cheap pulley
> discussion. Both are light-duty only and neither
> can be expected to be a effective as a good quality
> pulley.
>
> Short-term solution - a caribeener. Two, actually -
> clip one to the tower and the second (acting as the
> pulley) to the first. The second swivels more
> freely that way.
>
> Long-term solution - strain or "egg" insulators.
> These work particularly well for small-to-medium
> wire antennas. You have to carefully inspect the
> holes for ridges or snags or other defects in the
> sliding surface. At 50-cents each (what the heck
> happened to the cents symbol on keyboards, anyway?)
> they're a great deal and last effectively forever.
>
> 73, Ward N0AX
>
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