[TowerTalk] Mastrant Rope ? guy wire ?

[Bob K6UJ]

Is this stuff dacron ?
I wonder how it compares to the black dacron antenna rope I have been buying.  The rope has a black dacron weave on the outside and a 
white core out some sort of synthetic material.  It holds up pretty well to the sun but after it abrades on the outside the white core 
works its way out and time to throw away.  I don't use it for guying but for hoisting and supporting antennas off the tower and trees.
If this Mastrant stuff has dacron strands (or another synthetic) throughout rather than just the outer covering it might hold up better.  

Bob
K6UJ



On Jan 3, 2012, at 11:44 AM, Cqtestk4xs at aol.com wrote:

>> From what I read on the specs, it AIN'T guy wire.  It's not  Kevlar and the 
> strength is not equivalent to Philly, Polyrod, or EHS.  Nice  rope, but I 
> wouldn't use it to guy a tower.  Maybe an 80 meter  vertical, but nothing I 
> would climb.
> 
> Bill K4XS
> 
> 
> In a message dated 1/3/2012 5:43:30 P.M. Greenwich Standard Time,  
> w3ea at hotmail.com writes:
> 
> 
> 
> 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?keywords=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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