[TowerTalk] Pulley at the top corner of an inverted L

[CHARLES ALLEN]

Go to a West Marine store and get non-conductive pulleys.  Sailers have used them for years. They’re perfect for what you’re asking about. I’ve used them successfully for years for insulated wire antennas.

73 de Chick, NW3Y 

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> On Apr 30, 2019, at 3:17 PM, N4ZR <n4zr at comcast.net> wrote:
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> 73, Pete N4ZR
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> I've just got a rope up 60 feet or so in a maple tree, and I'm ready to string an inverted L.
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> My question - I have several stainless steel pulleys with about a 1" sheave. If I insulate the pulley from the haul-up rope, is it a good/bad/indifferent idea to string the inverted L wire (14 copper, stranded) through the pulley rather than just using an insulator to make the bend.  It strikes me that having the bend move, however slightly, on the wire is likely to be less destructive than just having a sharp bend moving through an insulator end..
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