[TowerTalk] Hay Bale twine an affordable alternative from N0AH

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In a message dated 5/24/00 10:35:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
Dinsterdog@aol.com writes:

> ...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-  
>  


Several years ago I used this orange bale twine to guy my new 80M 4 square, 
as I had seen the master, W7RM do.

Worked fine for about 12 months, then started degrading rapidly.  I replaced 
it all with nylon after the second vertical fell down.

By the way, I also raise cattle, so we end up with a lot of this stuff 
kicking around that gets lost from the hay bales.  It seems to totally 
biodegrade after 2 years or so.

73

Ron
www.hamstuff.com
Contest - DX - Operating Aids and some pretty cool signs

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