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To: "towertalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Fw: Boom support ropes
From: <ec1cwg@dxhunters.com>
Reply-to: ec1cwg@dxhunters.com
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 12:28:20 +0200
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I won´t have any interaction with antenna and that´s what I was looking for 
something non-conductive. I haven´t had good experiences with stainless 
steel cables used as guy wires located less than 1ft behind the antenna. 
Even I cut them and added lots of isolators and SWR on the antenna changed 
when it heads any of the cables (I got a guy system of 3 / 3). I have a 
friend on the army who gave me as a present 500ft of kevlar cable and that 
was a perfect solution. Unfortunately my friend is in Afghanistan so he 
can´t help this time.
Anyway, I have asked for quotes in some stores and yep....it seems to be an 
expensive material. Just waiting for a message from Texas Towers and will 
see. Thanks a lot for your replies and for your help both privately and 
through the forum. Greatly appreciated!. 73s
EC1CT Fernando
E-mail: ec1cwg@dxhunters.com



Phillystran is fine, but hard to get and expensive.  If you really must have 
non-conductive (why?), I'd suggest looking for a local supplier of Kevlar or 
"Spectra" for sailboat rigging - the small quantity you need should be 
economical enough.

73, Pete



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