[TowerTalk] Tougher antenna rope

[n8de at thepoint.net]

Pete,
Try the following:
1.  Place a line over the tree as desired
2.  Attach a rope with a pulley at the end.
3.  Run another (support) rope through the pulley.
4.  Raise the pulley to the desired height.
5.  Using the support rope, pull the wire antenna taught.
6.  Do NOT tie the support rope to a fixed point, but, rather, attach  
a heavy weight to it to keep the wire antenna taught.

This will keep the rope from being abraided by the antenna moving in  
the wind, or loaded with ice.

Good luck
Don
N8DE

Quoting N4ZR <n4zr at comcast.net>:

> I have a small variety of wire HF antennas that I've placed high in my
> trees with a tennis ball gun.  All great except that the lifetime of
> the rope I've been using (3/16" polypropylene braid with an unbraided
> core) seems quite short, probably because of chafing against moving
> branches near the tops of trees.
>
> Does anyone have suggestions for an alternative, hopefully an economic one?
>
> -- 
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> 73, Pete N4ZR
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