[TowerTalk] Re. Phillystran

K7LXC@aol.com K7LXC@aol.com
Thu, 2 Mar 2000 09:31:45 EST


In a message dated 03/02/2000 6:13:52 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
JSheinb785@aol.com writes:

> PHILLYSTRAN might be great, but I've been using Dacron rope for over 20 
years 
> 
>  & the sun doesn't affect it, & once the initial stretch is made, no more 
>  stretching occurs. AND, it's less expensive.

      You better not be using it for tower guying - it's TOTALLY unsuitable 
for that application. 

     OTOH hand UV resistant dacron is great for wire antenna halyards which 
is not a use of Phillystran. Hopefully we're talking apples & oranges here.

Cheers,   Steve   K7LXC
Tower Tech 

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