Topband: COPPER BRAIDED ROPE

[Mr. and Mrs. Magoo]

Has anyone had experience with this stuff?  I just had a failure on one of 
the pigtails connecting a top loading wire to the mast on my 160M 
vertical....most disconcerting, as it requires a 75 ft climb and removal of 
the mast and wires.

As a way of trying to insure that this does not happen again, I was thinking 
of using some of this braided copper rope. The stuff I have is about 3/8" 
diameter but I could unwind one strand to make it less bulky.  It is very 
flexible, something the copper braid I used up top apparently is not. 
Connection would be via split-bolt connectors to the wire and crimp/solder 
loops to the mast.

The rope looks like a good candidate for this job, but I'd like to be sure 
that what I'm proposing won't end in failure down the line.  Comments or 
suggestions would be most welcome.

Bill, VE3CSK