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

[Gary - AB9M]

I use weed trimmer line.... Its tough, strong, and non-conductive and it 
lasts.

73 & DX,

Gary - AB9M

-----Original Message----- 
From: TexasRF--- via TowerTalk
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2015 7:12 AM
To: co8dm at frcuba.co.cu ; alex.k2bb at gmail.com ; patrick_g at windstream.net
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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Guying a vertical...???

What do the ladies use for clothes lines there? Any thing non-conductive?
How about the fishermen? Anything there

73,
Gerald K5GW



In a message dated 8/30/2015 8:11:33 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
co8dm at frcuba.co.cu writes:

I am  trying to get the "550 Paracord"...it is not available here but will
see  what i can do to get it...

I read/hear many people used in verticals  and it is strong and UV
resistant
and very cheap compare with Dacron and  Kevlar.

I have looking on ground, water and air here and it is not
available...unbelievable but it is the true !!!

73....Douglas,  CO8DM

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alguna
de sus creaciones funcionando. Esa emoción hace que uno se  olvide de
comer,
de dormir, de todo." - Nikola Tesla
----- Original  Message ----- 
From: "Alex Malyava" <alex.k2bb at gmail.com>
To:  "Patrick Greenlee" <patrick_g at windstream.net>
Cc:  <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2015 12:08  AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Guying a vertical...???


> 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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