[TowerTalk] Weed Whacker Line?

GALE STEWARD k3nd at yahoo.com
Tue Sep 13 11:39:03 EDT 2005


I've used carpenter's line (the colored stuff) that
you can get at Lowe's or Home Depot. As I recall you
get 500 some feet for a few bucks. It's gets a little
stiff in 4-5 years but none of it has broken yet. I
use it to  support the ends of wire antennas.

73, Stew K3ND



mlux at earthlink.net> wrote:

> At 07:18 PM 9/12/2005, Hal Kennedy wrote:
> >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.
> 


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