Topband: -: Dacron & varmits

[Gary Smith]

Folks,

Thank you so much for the many replies. I 
now have several sources and I'm going to 
take a photo of a piece of the cut end of 
what I am already happy with and send it 
to the sellers.

Unfortunately I cannot get pullys up to 
run ropes through, or for that matter the 
antenna, should I try to do that. All of 
my HF antennas are WD-1A and all of them 
are randomly launched over tree tops and I 
have them anchored at the distal end via 
Dacron, tied to fallen tree branches 2"-3" 
in diameter . When the wind blows the 
trees, the branches come up & down & that 
acts as a spring to allow the trees to 
blow and not pull the antenna apart.

So, the Dacron has to endure contact with 
upper tree branches. I have two kinds of 
the old green Dacron with my least 
favorite being three smaller ropes woven 
into one, not braided, just a spiral of 
three. My favourite is a true braid of 
many small Dacron fibres and makes a very 
flexible rope that is for me, ideal.

Thanks again for the excellent suggestions 
on Dacron prepping and the links. I 
appreciate your sharing the time.

Cheers & 73,

Gary
KA1J