[Towertalk] Dacron stretching

Chris BONDE ve7hcb@rac.ca
Mon, 21 Oct 2002 11:28:39 -0700


I have been on the reflector for awhile now.  I was hoping that my question 
would be answered sometime, but so far not.  I have tried to figure out 
what one is, but what the heck is a 'thimble'. (for guys on masts that is)
Chris opr VE7HCB

At 01:59 PM 2002-10-21 +0000, Rob Atkinson, K5UJ wrote:
>Hi everyone:
>
>I have a vertical guyed with dacron.  At both ends of each guy I've got 3 
>or 4 small clips and thimbles (in other words, I didn't just tie knots and 
>leave it at that).  The anchors are 4' ground screws with 3" helixes in 
>line with the guys.  I find that about every 6 months I have to put 
>tension back into the guys.  Is this because the dacron stretches--is it 
>supposed to stretch that much?  I'm using 3/16" rope & wonder if this is 
>normal with this stuff--I've heard that it stretches but I figured 
>eventually it would quit doing that.  Just wondered if there's a 
>possibility of a problem somewhere else like it is slipping through the U 
>clips (however I've tightened them as much as I can).  Tnx,
>
>73,
>Rob Atkinson
>K5UJ
>k5uj@hotmail.com
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