> On Jan 22, 2019, at 15:26, N4ZR <n4zr@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I have a small variety of wire HF antennas that I've placed high in my trees
> with a tennis ball gun. All great except that the lifetime of the rope I've
> been using (3/16" polypropylene braid with an unbraided core) seems quite
> short, probably because of chafing against moving branches near the tops of
> trees.
>
Do the pulley thing.
Also, go read about “Mule Tape”
I have some made with Kevlar. Up for ten years.
What you don’t use for antennas, tow a car…. Done that.
You may not need the 2500 pound stuff.
http://www.neptco.com/website/neptco.nsf/sec/6.3
<http://www.neptco.com/website/neptco.nsf/sec/6.3>
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