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Re: [TowerTalk] Tougher antenna rope

To: N4ZR <n4zr@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tougher antenna rope
From: RCM <robrk@nidhog.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 16:06:25 -0500
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> On Jan 22, 2019, at 15:26, N4ZR <n4zr@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> I have a small variety of wire HF antennas that I've placed high in my trees 
> with a tennis ball gun.  All great except that the lifetime of the rope I've 
> been using (3/16" polypropylene braid with an unbraided core) seems quite 
> short, probably because of chafing against moving branches near the tops of 
> trees.
> 

Do the pulley thing.

Also, go read about “Mule Tape”

I have some made with Kevlar. Up for ten years.

What you don’t use for antennas, tow a car…. Done that.

You may not need the 2500 pound stuff.

http://www.neptco.com/website/neptco.nsf/sec/6.3 
<http://www.neptco.com/website/neptco.nsf/sec/6.3>

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