[TowerTalk] Tougher antenna rope

[RCM]

> On Jan 22, 2019, at 15:26, N4ZR <n4zr at comcast.net> 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.
> 

Do the pulley thing.

Also, go read about “Mule Tape”

I have some made with Kevlar. Up for ten years.

What you don’t use for antennas, tow a car…. Done that.

You may not need the 2500 pound stuff.

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