Gedas:
You have received a lot of good suggestions. Here is one more, and it is
pretty simple. You are apparently not going to be risking anyone's life.
You are going to hold up one end of a dipole and there may be 30-40-pounds
of tension..
I would just join the two ends of the Dacron rope with a simple square knot
and with 6-inches or so of each rope sticking out from the knot. Then tie
the two ends into a square knot. Tape the ends to the rope if you want to.
With constant tension this arrangement will never come loose. I have done
this many times over many years with ropes into trees and on towers, etc.
Constant tension on the rope will keep the knots nice and tight.
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Wes Attaway (N5WA)
(318) 393-3289 - Shreveport, LA
Computer/Cellphone Forensics
AttawayForensics.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Gedas
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2019 8:40 AM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Need a Knot Expert
I am trying to figure out the best knot to use to tie two ends of 3/16"
Dacron rope together such that when I am left the two ends will not come
apart, and will leave me a loop to work with so I can attach the end of
a wire antenna etc.
If I may explain in further detail.....I have a tower and I have a HD 4'
horizontal pipe extending out from the tower both on the very top and
down near the bottom.
On each pipe end will be attached a pulley and between the top pulley
and the bottom pulley will be a continuous "loop" of rope. I wish to
make my loop through the pulleys then at ground level tie the two ends
together so the rope is fairly tight but that I also end up with a nice
~4" or 5" loop.
Kind of like a flag pole where you can attach the flag at ground level
then pull up the flag and never have to worry about loosing the end of
the rope off the pulley etc.
I will be attaching the end of a dipole etc to that knot-loop and there
may be as much as 30 pounds of tension on it.
Anyone have a good solid knot that will let me do that and that will not
come loose?
Gedas, W8BYA
Gallery at http://w8bya.com
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