[TenTec] BUNGEE CORDS

[Frank]

Perhaps, but of what use is the  best Ten Tec radio without an antenna?
73 es Happy New Year
Frank K4VMO

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "george fritkin via TenTec" <tentec at contesting.com>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2015 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] BUNGEE CORDS


> Maybe I am wrong but isn't a reflector titled "Discussion of Ten-Tec 
> Equipment"
> George, W6GF
>
>     On Thursday, January 1, 2015 4:42 AM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP 
> <Rick at DJ0IP.de> wrote:
>
>
> Interesting Kim. But Walmarts didn't exist back then so I guess there was
> no place to buy them. ;-)
>
> Seriously, it kind of depends on your approach to building antennas.
> I jokingly use the term WW II antennas when referring to how things were
> built then and in most cases now.
>
> However since then an awful lot of lightweight material has been invented
> and is available at low cost.
>
> Keeping in mind that height is might, it is a lot easier for one OM alone 
> to
> erect an antenna high in the air when using lightweight components (e.g.
> fiberglass telescoping pole, non-porcelain insulators, thinner Copperweld
> wire, and thinner Kevlar or Dyneema rope), than with traditional heavy 
> metal
> poles and heavy wire and insulators.
>
> With this type of installation, you don't need pulleys with ropes 
> suspending
> buckets of cement to deal with swaying trees. Bungees work just fine and
> are certainly a lot easier to install and adjust.
>
> 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
> (Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Kim 
> Elmore
> Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2015 2:07 AM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] BUNGEE CORDS
>
> There were bungees prior to WWII. Well, prior, in fact. They were used
> extensively as shock absorbers on aircraft landing gear. Most aircraft on
> both side had them. Exposed to weather, they are fragile, but inside
> aircraft they last quite a while regardless of temperature. Oil and age
> cause them to lose elasticity and require replacement. All Piper aircraft
> used them until the advent of the PA-28 series. Most fixed gear biplanes 
> had
> them save for those lucky few that flew those with the fancy "oleo" 
> struts.
> Bungees are still used on some production aircraft to this day and 
> mechanics
> have special tools with which to install them.
>
> That said, for antennas weights and pulleys are probably better if you can
> use them.
>
> Kim N5OP
>
> "People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as 
> the
> music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith
>
>> On Dec 31, 2014, at 18:24, "Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP" <Rick at DJ0IP.de> wrote:
>>
>> If you read the ARRL Handbook or even the ARRL Antenna Handbook, you
>> will be well prepared for World War II.
>>
>> In the past 60 years, a lot has changed.
>> There is nothing wrong with how we did it in the 1950s and 1960s, but
>> as a BIG SUPPORTER of KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid), I would like to
>> point out that a boatload of thing have changed in the past 50 years.
>>
>> There were no bungees in 1960.
>>
>> Both ways work and for me, a good rubber bungee is a lot simpler to
>> deploy than a rope through a pulley, supporting a bucket of cement
>> that has been calculated to represent the load that I need.
>>
>> Fast forward 40 years; WW II is long since over; we have bungees.
>> Just deploy the right ones.
>> End of message.
>>
>> 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
>> (Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tom
>> Pennebaker
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 4:25 PM
>> To: TenTec at contesting.com
>> Subject: [TenTec] BUNGEE CORDS
>>
>> My experience with bungee cords....they work good until winter comes.
>> When the temp goes below freezing your bungee is toast. It will
>> crumble to tiny pieces....Tom N4RS
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