[TowerTalk] Wire Rope

[Gene Smar]

Bill:

     I've used bungee cords to anchor the insulators of my 80M FW loop antenna.  The initial installation of rope broke after only a few months and the bungees (I used them at two of the five loop corners) lasted nine years until I took down the antenna for my tower.  Maybe you could consider a bungee cord holding a pulley through which runs the rope with a tensioning weight at the end of it.  


73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F
-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Al Kozakiewicz
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2020 1:24 PM
To: William Osborne <wosborne44 at gmail.com>; towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Wire Rope

Use pulleys and counterweights. Or a spring.

Al
AB2ZY

-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of William Osborne
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2020 1:23 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Wire Rope

Has anyone used SS wire rope for an antenna conductor in a wire antenna such as 80-10 OCFD?  I use trees for supports and want to end the breaking problem due to wind swaying thew trees.


Thanks,
Bill..K5ZQ
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