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Re: [TowerTalk] How to support a large loop?

To: "Towertalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] How to support a large loop?
From: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@frontier.com>
Reply-to: Tom Osborne <w7why@frontier.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:31:26 -0700
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Jim said:
>
> My antennas are mostly up 100-120 ft in redwoods, douglas fir,
> and madrones. I have had multiple failures of flex-weave in
> antennas hung in trees and hung from towers. Indeed, virtually
> every antenna I have ever built with flex-weave has failed
> mechanically at points of connection.

I'm not sure what flex weave is composed of, but I did see some that a guy 
here  had in a 160 meter antenna and it rusted.  I think the wire he had 
must have had some iron in it or something.  Looked kinda nasty.  73
Tom W7WHY

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