[TowerTalk] Weed Whacker Line?

AA6DX - Mark aa6dx at arrl.net
Mon Sep 12 22:25:20 EDT 2005


Yes, I have .. and have never had it fail in being up over 2 years.  I am 
going to buy some ACE Hardware brand for the antennas I am just going to put 
up, as they have some that is pretty much colorless.  As far as UV, it does 
become less flexible, but not brittle, my experience .. 73 Mark  AA6DX

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hal Kennedy" <halken at comcast.net>
To: "Tower Talk" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 7:18 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Weed Whacker Line?


> Anyone try weed whacker line for holding up wire antennas?  The stuff is
> tough and cheap - comes in 1,000 ft rolls.  Suspect it may not hold up to 
> UV
> too well however.  I plan to put out a few test pieces with mechanical 
> loads
> on them and see how they fair - unless someone has the answer.
> Hal
> N4GG



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