[Towertalk] Counterweights for wire verticals

Steve Katz stevek@jmr.com
Mon, 28 Oct 2002 13:43:59 -0800


I've used cinder blocks or cement blocks for this.  Heavy, cheap and strong
enough to do the job.  Be sure nobody can walk under it, though.  One never
knows when the rope will give way...!

WB2WIK/6

"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough." -
Mario Andretti

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	K3SV@aol.com [SMTP:K3SV@aol.com]
> Sent:	Monday, October 28, 2002 1:12 PM
> To:	towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject:	[Towertalk] Counterweights for wire verticals
> 
> Looking for ideas for counterweights for wire verticals, one end of the
> rope 
> will be at a tower and the other end will be through a pulley. The pulley 
> will be attached to a rope running through the top of a tree. Looking for 
> what to put on the tag/free end, other than just anchoring it to
> something, 
> considering these are big trees with big sway potential.
> 
> 73 Bill K3SV
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