[TowerTalk] Tape Measures

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> On Nov 1, 2019, at 12:36, Dennis W0JX via TowerTalk <towertalk at contesting.com> wrote:
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> Last year I bought a new tape measure on line from Home Depot because my old one had stretched too much. The old tape measure was made of some kind of vinyl.
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> The new tape measure is 300 feet long and made by Milwaukee. It is of steel construction and wound on a plastic wheel with a crank. There are also 100 foot and 200 foot models available. I paid $53.59 for it including tax and shipping.
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> Whatever you do, make sure that the tape is constructed of a material that will not easily stretch permanently over time. The cheap ones do stretch and become useless.
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> 73 Dennis W0JX
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Your steel tape stretches. 

Back in the 1960’s, college kid, summer, land surveyor, we were “supposed” to use a fish scale-ish device hooked on the end of the tape and pull to a certain poundage (forget). 

Compensation for the stretch in the steel tape. If you need a tenth of a inch on your 160 dipole.