[TowerTalk] Wire Rope

[Steve Jones]

Good point Scott.  My 30 year-old Copperweld is solid #12.  Very tricky to
unroll without kinking, which will always create a weak spot, which in time
will fail.  But with care it's pretty indestructible.
73,
Steve
N6SJ


-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of K9MA
Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 11:00 AM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Wire Rope

SS is a terrible conductor. If you need high strength, copperweld would be
much better. Beware of stranded copperweld: The abrasion between strands can
erode the copper and expose the steel.

73,
Scott K9MA



On 9/9/2020 12:49 PM, Gene Smar via TowerTalk wrote:
> 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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Scott  K9MA

k9ma at sdellington.us

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