[TowerTalk] Weight on ends of a OCF diploe

[Chuck Milam, N9KY]

On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 11:14 AM, Chuck Gooden <Chuck.Gooden at comcast.net>
wrote:

My question is how much weight will I need at the ends to allow for wind
> movement of the trees?


I've got ~200' of end-fed Flex-Weave "wire rope" that goes out to a tree in
the front yard, I use an old brake rotor as the weight on the rope that
goes through the pulley.  It's been working well for around six years now.
I'm guessing that rotor is somewhere around 10-15 pounds.

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Chuck Milam, N9KY
N9KY at arrl.net