Paracord is the wrong stuff for holding up wire antennas...it stretches and is
generally light duty kind of stuff. Mastrant seems good; and so is black
Dacron rope, found here among other places:
http://www.kf7p.com/KF7P/Dacron_Rope.html
Chris
KF7P
On Apr 19, 2019, at 6:12 AM, Mpridesti via TowerTalk wrote:
> Pete
>
> Have been using Mastrant rope ever since it was used to support 65 towers
> (falling Derrick system) at the WRTC 2014 event in trees and other places-
> perfect for our purposes!
>
> Agree with you on that other rope - just does not last.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark, K1RX
>
>
>> On Apr 19, 2019, at 8:04 AM, N4ZR <n4zr@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> I have been using big box store "parachute cord" for antennas, but have
>> found it quite fragile in real life - for example, the center support of my
>> Carolina Windom came down within 2 weeks of my installing with with a
>> tennis-ball launcher. It was held up by a 70-foot pine tree, and my guess
>> is that either the wind caused it to be over-stressed or chafing against
>> branches caused it to fail.
>>
>> Has anyone had experience - good bad, or otherwise - with the Mastrant rope
>> sold by a number of ham radio suppliers? Any other suggestions for support
>> that may be more durable? I'm willing to go to bigger rope if that would
>> help - Mastrant quotes working strength of up to 900 pounds, but I don't
>> know how resistant their rope is to chafing.
>>
>> --
>>
>> 73, Pete N4ZR
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