[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
> Check out the World HF Contest Station Database
> Updated 9 Jan 04
> www.pvrc.org/wcsd/wcsdsearch.htm
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