[TowerTalk] Quickly releasable knots

mahlonhaunschild at cox.net mahlonhaunschild at cox.net
Tue Feb 24 09:57:14 EST 2004


Note that a bowline is a very good, easily-releaseable knot, but does not fit the definition of "remotely"releaseable".

regards,

Mahlon - K4OQ

> 
> From: Pete Smith <n4zr at contesting.com>
> Date: 2004/02/24 Tue AM 07:34:33 EST
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Quickly releasable knots
> 
> Thanks to those who responded directly or on the reflector.  Favorites 
> appear to include a bowline and half of a bow knot (like tying shoes).  One 
> person referred me to Google, and while an awful lot that is on the 
> internet about knots is theoretical or decorative, there was a link to the 
> Army Field Manual on Rigging. See 
> http://www.adtdl.army.mil/cgi-bin/atdl.dll/fm/5-125/ch2.pdf for a whole 
> library of rigging knots.
> 
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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