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----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, 05 August, 2010 3:06 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] [FCG] Need sources of rope and fiberglass
>
>
> On 8/4/2010 4:08 PM, Robert & Charlotte Higgins wrote:
>> Charly
>>
>> Check out Radio Works
>>
>> 73
>> Bob K4LW
>>
>> http://www.radioworks.com/
>>
> Too bad they don't offer the 3/16" Dacron in 1000' spools.
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>>> Hope someone can refer me to a source for
>>>
>>> ---very light weight, very strong (500 lbs. pull), non absorbent, sun
>>> resistant line/string/rope to use to internally guy a two element quad.
>>>
>>> -- light weight 8 foot fiberglass rod or tube, at least 1 and half inch
>>> diameter.
>>>
>>>
>>> Well, my quad broke today in a gale. The wind estimater says speed was
>>> 50
>>> to 56 mph based on small tree blown over, twigs and limbs down, and so
>>> on.
>>> I am impressed that the grass in the lots beside and behind me ... grass
>>> about 2 ft tall, was blown completely flat, so he wind at actual ground
>>> level was bad, too. Standard factory Cubex with factory stiffner... 2
>>> el
>>> full size 40m, 2el on 30, and 3 el on other two WARC bands. Really
>>> worked
>>> nice!
>>>
>>> I made the mistake of not heading my quad West where the wind always
>>> comes
>>> from... I think because it hit it on an angle, one of the top two
>>> spreaders broke at about the half way point and all the wires of the
>>> driven element are drooping over the mess that is left. The reflector,
>>> lacking he added load of the driven coax attached, survived. I think
>>> the
>>> driven array also rotated on the boom and the whole thing could have
>>> been
>>> pushed back on the mast, it appears.
>>>
>>> I had plans already of putting in 8ft extensions on the ends of the boom
>>> and tying the whole thing into a fully guyed internally. I do not know
>>> how I can get another fiberglass spreader shipped here, it is very long,
>>> and I have only one fiberglass extension rod to do the strengthening so
>>> that is another part to find.
>>>
>>> If you have suggestions on a very light very strong, sun resistant, non
>>> absorbing string, line, rope.... please let me know. de HS0ZCW
>>>
>>> Charly
>>>
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