[TowerTalk] Dampening Rope

[Bob Shohet, KQ2M]

I put up my antennas with the idea that short of an act of g-d, they should never fail, and hopefully not even then.  I have been willing to do the extra work to ensure, as much as I can, that my antennas will stay safe and undamaged in the worst types of weather imaginable, which routinely affects my qth on average at least once per year. My 10 and 15 meter antennas have been up for 18 years now and my 20 meter antennas up for 9 years.

Good luck to all of you.

73

Bob KQ2M

From: Dave Leisman 
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 12:00 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com ; Chuck Dietz 
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Dampening Rope

I "ditto" Chuck's (W5PR) response.  I have a home built, 3 element 30 m and 3 element 40 meter yagis, both without dampening rope, 
and have not had a problem in more than 5 years.

Dave, W8QW

On Wed 06/21/17 12:22 PM , "Chuck Dietz" w5prchuck at gmail.com sent:
> I have a number of home brew 10m antennas using Highgain parts in a
> windy,coastal county. I have never used dampening rope and have never had a
> failure. I do often hear them "singing."
> 
> Chuck W5PR