Re: [TowerTalk] Pulley at the top corner of an inverted L

[n8de@thepoint.net]

Find a pulley with a ceramic or porcelain wheel inside.
73
Don
N8DE


Quoting K9MA <k9ma@sdellington.us>:

> Hi Pete,
>
> I'd be concerned that the metal to metal contact might invite IMD or
> generation of harmonics.
>
> 73,
> Scott K9MA
>
>
> On 4/30/2019 14:17, N4ZR wrote:
> > 73, Pete N4ZR
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> > I've just got a rope up 60 feet or so in a maple tree, and I'm   
> > ready to string an inverted L.
> > My question - I have several stainless steel pulleys with about a  
> > 1" sheave. If I insulate the pulley from the haul-up rope, is it a  
> > good/bad/indifferent idea to string the inverted L wire (14 copper,  
> > stranded) through the pulley rather than just using an insulator to  
> > make the bend.  It strikes me that having the bend move, however  
> > slightly, on the wire is likely to be less destructive than just  
> > having a sharp bend moving through an insulator end..
> > Comments?
> >
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