[TowerTalk] Guying a vertical...???

Alex Malyava alex.k2bb at gmail.com
Sun Aug 30 00:08:05 EDT 2015


What about Kevlar rope like one used in spiderbeams?
They also claim it is UV resistant and does not stretch.

On Saturday, August 29, 2015, Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g at windstream.net>
wrote:

> Dacron has very low stretch and is available in black which is pretty UV
> resistant.  Nylon is pretty much like guying with rubber bands.
>
> Patrick         NJ5G
>
> On 8/28/2015 10:22 AM, Douglas M. Ruz Sobrado wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am working in a vertical for low bands (160, 80 and 40m)...i am using a
>> combination of 1 1/2" OD aluminum tubes to build a 54 ft high vertical.
>>
>> I am looking for UV resistant rope for guying...what is the best diameter
>> 3/16 or 5/16"???
>>
>> Any idea ???...any website from the US ???
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> 73...Doug, CO8DM
>>
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