[TowerTalk] Mastrant Rope ? guy wire ?

K1TTT K1TTT at ARRL.NET
Tue Jan 3 14:18:38 PST 2012


Check the original linked page, that place is only selling the 'P' type
which is the polyester one(and only on special order at that).  The 'D'
versions are on the manufacturer's page, and while the specs are better they
are still only hd polyethylene rope.

David Robbins K1TTT
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-----Original Message-----
From: Wayne Kline [mailto:w3ea at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 20:58
To: K1TTT; towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Mastrant Rope ? guy wire ?


My Frist Thought Dave  Till I dug into it  http://www.mastrant.com/en  Wayne
W3EA  > Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 11:57:06 -0600
> From: k1ttt at verizon.net
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Mastrant     Rope ? guy wire ?
> 
> 
> thats just a polyester rope not a tower guy material unless you need it
for a temporary field day type tower.
> 
> 
> 
> Jan 3, 2012 12:43:42 PM, w3ea at hotmail.com wrote:
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> 
> 
> Hi TT'ers HNY Planning my spring 10 meter tower antenna 5/5 35'-72' 
> rebuild. The 3/16 guy wire broken up with 502 insulators levels 32' 
> 64' It's in good shape but has rust wash near there attachment points 
> ! It's been up 22 years in this acid NE rain a new paint job new feed 
> lines rebuild the rotors .. why not new guy support. I Was thinking of 
> doing Phillystran, at least on the top layer. While researching it I 
> stumbled across a product Sold in the USA by RL Electronics in OH. 
> Mastrant guy rope ! 
> http://store.rlham.com/shop/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?keyword
> s=mastrant+and+mp&x=5&y=5Any TT'ers have any experience with this 
> stuff ? Have experience with all the old style and new type Philly 
> stuff and the Fiber-rod. nonconductive guying material . But this is a 
> new one for me. Thanks 73's Wayne W3EA 
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