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Re: [TowerTalk] Rope

To: Mickey Baker <fishflorida@gmail.com>, k4to@arrl.net
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Rope
From: JOHN OWENS <ham38john@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 09:09:09 -0800 (PST)
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I agree, Great Stuff. However, 1/4" OD is too small for most pulleys. Be 
careful. That is what I used and my pully is not functional any more now that 
the rope came off the pulley and wedged in the pully. Game over! -  John Owens 
-  N7TK
> On 03/10/2021 8:42 AM Mickey Baker <fishflorida@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>  
> This is what I'm using:
> https://www.amazon.com/Black-Dacron-Polyester-Rope-500/dp/B01K2781RO/ref=sr_1_4?crid=TJHITZPRZT54&dchild=1&keywords=1%2F4+inch+dacron+line&qid=1615394513&sprefix=1%2F4+inch+dacron%2Caps%2C184&sr=8-4
> 
> Mickey Baker, N4MB
> Palm Beach Gardens, FL
> *“The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with the natural feeling
> that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one
> to aspire to lead." Robert K. Greenleaf*
> 
> 
> On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 6:54 PM Dave Sublette <k4to.dave@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > It's me again.  Thanks for the pulley suggestions.  I found everything I
> > need.  For the past 20 minute I have tried(and failed) to find 1/4 inch
> > black dacron rope in lengths of 1000 feet or more per spool.  It doesn't
> > have to be dacron, I suppose, but it needs to weather well.  What sources
> > for rope like this can you suggest?
> >
> > I am skeptical about Amazon and ebay.  I just don't trust quality from
> > those two.
> >
> > Thanks again,
> >
> > Dave, K4TO
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