[TowerTalk] Long span lanyard for wire antenna
Shawn Donley
n3ae at comcast.net
Thu Apr 22 09:03:43 EDT 2021
Remember Crocodile Dundee saying "That's not a knife, THIS is a knife." Well, if you want to see long cable spans, take a look at this:
https://www.wsmr.army.mil/testcenter/testing/landf/Pages/AerialCableRange.aspx
2.5 inch Kevlar able with 500,000 lbs breaking strength, 15,500 ft horizontal span and 2,500 ft vertical drop hung between two mountaintops, operating tensions from less than 20,000 to 150,000 lbs, and 20,000 lb lift capability.
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