[TowerTalk] Hay Bale twine an affordable alternative from N0AH

[NICK WALLACE]

I used the slightly smaller dia. black twine on my full size 80m. 4 square
elements which have been up now for 3 1/2 years.So far i only had to
replace one ,The lower guy,Which broke for some reason i could not work
out.The elements are guyed at three levels...4 guys at 90 degrees.
73....Nick ZL1IU

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> From: Dinsterdog@aol.com
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Hay Bale twine an affordable alternative from N0AH
> Date: Thursday, 25 May 2000 05:33
> 
> 
> I have used a lot of nylon parachute cord to guy my verticals, including
the 
> 80 4-square......and I have used a lot of the black guy rope you can buy
at 
> HRO- or find at the army surplus etc.....but I ran into some information 
> about others with 4-squares using UV protected (130lb test) hay bale 
> twine......it is typically oarnge in color.......so, being in the hay 
> business, I decided to give it a try- and the stuff works great at a
penny to 
> the dollar on well priced nylon/philystran type stuff........For $20, you
can 
> get 8,000 feet of the stuff-  
> 
> I've seen this twine sit under tons of hay for many moons, and looks
brand 
> new by the time we get to it- It is a bit more difficult to work with,
but it 
> seems to stretch a lot less in high winds-  for lighter antennas, like
tall 
> verticals made out of aluminum, I think it is great stuff- (I''m using it
on 
> my 52 foot aluminum verticals for the 80 meter 4-square) and you can use
the 
> twine for a lot of other things- we use to mark our planting rows in the 
> garden etc......
> 
> If any one has had a bad experience with this stuff- I'd be curious to
know- 
> 73  Paul N0AH
> 
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