[TowerTalk] Weight on ends of a OCF diploe

[Gedas]

I have done this several times with various long wires etc and what works
good for me is to attach an empty (or dried up paint) can, a 1 gallon can
that has the handle that loops over the top of the can. Leave the lid off
the can, attach ur rope to the metal loop handle of the paint can, then
start pouring in sand until you get the right weight.  You can even use a 1
gallon empty plastic milk container and fill it with the right amount of
water. Nice thing about the milk jugs is they have a huge handle already for
you to tie ur rope to.

Once you have found that magic amount you can weigh the can or milk jug and
use anything as the weight itself, or like me, being lazy, I just pop the
lid over the can tight and just use it as is. Heck it was gonna go in the
trash can anyway. I have had them last for years even all ugly and rusted.

Gedas, W8BYA

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-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Chuck
Milam, N9KY
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 12:31 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Weight on ends of a OCF diploe

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
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