if we get lucky, K4XS - a major KLM user might chime in and tell us about
what he uses to replace those 5 hole blocks KLM used to provide....
K4OJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Signal Hill Ranch" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 11:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] Non-stretch rope?
> Sounds like Phillystran to me--and in the old days KLM
> supplied Philly with their antennas and used a little
> plastic block with (about) 5 holes in it to use as an end
> termination.
>
> The core is not fiberglass but rather Kevlar and it did have
> the standard slick poly jacket rather than the woven dacron
> jacket of Synthetic Textiles rope--which is what Mike
> Stahl is using these days.
>
> --John W0UN
>
> At 11:08 AM 4/13/2002 -0400, [email protected] wrote:
>
>
> >In a message dated 4/13/02 6:29:45 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
[email protected]
> >writes:
> >
> > > Been following the thread about the kevlar & dacron ropes
> > > and how much they stretch, etc. Does anyone know of a
> > > source for the material that KLM used to supply with
> > > their antennas?
> > >
> > > The particular material that I am talking about was about
> > > 3/16" diameter and black in color. If I remember right, it
> > > had a glass fiber core and a smooth black jacket as an
> > > outside covering. It could be cut with a pair of side-cutters,
> > > although with some difficulty and the side-cutters needed to
> > > be sharp ones.
> > >
> > > I am looking for some material to use as overhead boom
> > > support "lines" for some yagis that I will be putting up in
> > > the near future. Thanks for any info!
> >
> > I'm pretty sure it's the UV resistant dacron made by Synthetic
Textiles
> >which is what we've been talking about.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Steve K7LXC
> >TOWER TECH -
> >Professional tower services
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> John W. Brosnahan
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