[Towertalk] rope

[Mike & Coreen Smith]

I've got a chunk of nylon rope as a boom support on a 24' boom 6m yagi and
it's approaching 10 years old and going strong.
Not rotted yet and we see all types of WX here.....
Methinks you might have been thinking of polypropolene(sp?) ?

Mike VE9AA Fn65 in NB
----- Original Message -----
From: <mcduffie@actcom.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] rope


> On Thu, 13 Jun 2002 16:26:55 -0500, Zac Smith wrote:
>
> > then explain to me why i had to re-hang a 300' run of #2 stranded wire
> > because the nylon rope sun rotted and dropped the wire
>
> Couldn't tell you.  But none of the nylon rope I've every owned had
problem
> being in the sun.  I've got some over 20 years old that is still in good
> service.  It is slightly stiffer, but very strong.  Are you sure you
aren't
> talking about poly?
>
> gm
>
> a g 0 n at a r r l dot n e t
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