[Towertalk] Non-stretch rope?

[Jim White]

if we get lucky, K4XS - a major KLM user might chime in and tell us about
what he uses to replace those 5 hole blocks KLM used to provide....

K4OJ

----- Original Message -----
From: "Signal Hill Ranch" <shr@ricc.net>
To: <K7LXC@aol.com>; <n9en@voyager.net>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 11:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] Non-stretch rope?


> Sounds like Phillystran to me--and in the old days KLM
> supplied Philly with their antennas and used a little
> plastic block with (about) 5 holes in it to use as an end
> termination.
>
> The core is not fiberglass but rather Kevlar and it did have
> the standard slick poly jacket rather than the woven dacron
> jacket of Synthetic Textiles rope--which is what Mike
> Stahl is using these days.
>
> --John   W0UN
>
> At 11:08 AM 4/13/2002 -0400, K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
>
>
> >In a message dated 4/13/02 6:29:45 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
n9en@voyager.net
> >writes:
> >
> > > Been following the thread about the kevlar & dacron ropes
> > >  and how much they stretch, etc. Does anyone know of a
> > >  source for the material that KLM used to supply with
> > >  their antennas?
> > >
> > >  The particular material that I am talking about was about
> > >  3/16" diameter and black in color. If I remember right, it
> > >  had a glass fiber core and a smooth black jacket as an
> > >  outside covering. It could be cut with a pair of side-cutters,
> > >  although with some difficulty and the side-cutters needed to
> > >  be sharp ones.
> > >
> > >  I am looking for some material to use as overhead boom
> > >  support "lines" for some yagis that I will be putting up in
> > >  the near future. Thanks for any info!
> >
> >     I'm pretty sure it's the UV resistant dacron made by Synthetic
Textiles
> >which is what we've been talking about.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Steve     K7LXC
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> John W. Brosnahan
> shr@ricc.net
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