[TowerTalk] Tougher antenna rope

[Chuck Gooden]

I use a metal screw eye bolt that I screw into the trunk of the tree and 
attach the 3/16 polypropylene braid rope to that after pulling the rope 
tight, but leaving some minor slack in the wire. If the trunk is decent 
size the rope will last a long time.

Chuck K9LC


On 1/22/2019 2:26 PM, N4ZR wrote:
> 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?
>