[TowerTalk] Can?t add egg insulator...

[Herbert Schoenbohm]

Douglas,  Where ever there are sail boats look for a supply place as 
they  should have an ample supply of strong rope for their industry 
especially along the Veradero Section of Havana.


Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ

On 12/14/2015 8:53 PM, Douglas Ruz (CO8DM) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for all your suggestions.
>
> As Dacron and Kevlar ropes are not available here, i think i have an 
> alternative non conductive strong material close of my town.
>
> Somebody know the SLING used to move products at the harbor ???...from 
> and to the ship.
>
> I think i can get that SLING from the harbor...i know it is very 
> strong but i dont know if this material can survive the weather 
> here...UV radiation and marine environment.
>
> 73....Douglas, CO8DM
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Sawyer" <sawyered at earthlink.net>
> To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 14, 2015 8:19 AM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Can?t add egg insulator...
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>
>>
>>
>> Stan, K5GO said "At risk of purists saying absolutely not, if I were 
>> going
>> to put up just 30 feet of 25G tower and didn't have all the proper 
>> materials
>> to insulate the guy wires and guy it as would normally be done, I 
>> wouldn't
>> hesitate for a moment to put two levels on that small tower using 3/8"
>> diameter polyester (Dacron) low stretch rope. The antenna will blow 
>> apart
>> first eliminating a potential problem and rope doesn't rust."
>>
>>
>>
>> I would second Stan's suggestion for 2 reasons: 1) a spider beam is 
>> going to
>> collapse anyway under a really strong Hurricane wind and 2) whenever 
>> someone
>> says "rooftop" tower, what they really are saying is "how strong are my
>> anchor points anyway?".  This is all about the ability of the guy 
>> anchors to
>> support the pull of the tower in wind.  Rarely is any roof connection 
>> system
>> up to the task.  By support with a strong rope, you kill many birds 
>> with one
>> stone and you likely don't add any weakness vs the anchor points.
>>
>>
>>
>> I had a 60 ft tower of 25G support by 2 sets of rope guys for 5 years 
>> as my
>> 160M vertical.  It was heavy rope and there was a plate under the 
>> tower. It
>> was purposely not permanent because it was on a farmers land.  I had to
>> remove it when the land sold.  Now I have 2 T top wire verticals - 
>> phased.
>>
>>
>>
>> Ed  N1UR
>>
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