Topband: Outdoor rope suggestions

[Jim Brown]

On Tue,9/2/2014 1:03 PM, Tim Shoppa wrote:
> I am not using multi-hundred pound counterweights, but only 15 or so 
> pounds. I have been very satisfied with the big-wheel laundry line 
> pulleys from home depot:

Carl and I are concerned with 100# and 200# tension because we are 
supporting more weight and between more distant rigging points. Remember 
that I said I was supporting 80/40 fan dipoles at 120 ft built with #9 
hard drawn copper, feeding them with RG11, and have a choke at the 
feedpoint. That's a lot more weight than, for example, a 40M dipole at 
40 ft fed with RG8X.

My determination of the required counterweight was almost by accident. I 
bought some 6.5 gallon water jugs, filled them with dry sand, and ended 
up with 90-100#. That turned out to be enough for my antennas. Others 
may need more or less.

73, Jim K9YC