[TowerTalk] Need a Knot Expert

[Edward Mccann]

And the bonus on the bowline (bight or not) is that it is easy to untie, should the need arise. Your arthritic fingers will thank you.

Ed McCann
AG6CX

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> On Nov 27, 2019, at 1:25 PM, Wes <wes_n7ws at triconet.org> wrote:
> 
> I'm with the other Wes on this one. If I understand correctly you only have a load on the upper side of the knot. I would join the ends with any old knot and tie a alpine butterfly loop on the upper side of the knot: https://www.animatedknots.com/alpine-butterfly-loop-knot or one I find easier to tie, a bowline on a bight: https://www.animatedknots.com/bowline-on-a-bight-knot
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> Wes  N7WS
> 
> 
>> On 11/27/2019 2:06 PM, Wes Attaway (N5WA) wrote:
>> Gedas:
>> 
>> You have received a lot of good suggestions.  Here is one more, and it is
>> pretty simple.  You are apparently not going to be risking anyone's life.
>> You are going to hold up one end of a dipole and there may be 30-40-pounds
>> of tension..
>> 
>> I would just join the two ends of the Dacron rope with a simple square knot
>> and with 6-inches or so of each rope sticking out from the knot.  Then tie
>> the two ends into a square knot.  Tape the ends to the rope if you want to.
>> With constant tension this arrangement will never come loose.  I have done
>> this many times over many years with ropes into trees and on towers, etc.
>> 
>> Constant tension on the rope will keep the knots nice and tight.
>> 
>>    -------------------
>> Wes Attaway (N5WA)
>> (318) 393-3289 - Shreveport, LA
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>> AttawayForensics.com
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