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Re: [TowerTalk] Tougher antenna rope

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tougher antenna rope
From: Chuck Gooden <Chuck.Gooden@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 14:52:26 -0600
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I use a metal screw eye bolt that I screw into the trunk of the tree and attach the 3/16 polypropylene braid rope to that after pulling the rope tight, but leaving some minor slack in the wire. If the trunk is decent size the rope will last a long time.

Chuck K9LC


On 1/22/2019 2:26 PM, N4ZR 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.

Does anyone have suggestions for an alternative, hopefully an economic one?

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