[UK-CONTEST] High Winds...Rope ?

[Roger Parsons]

" 
> Clive and everyone,
> 
> I should have corrected that in my post. The rope I
> use is made by Marlow
> ropes specifically to replace the steel rope used to
> guy masts. It is 8
> plait limited stretch (pre-stretched) stuff, and
> VERY UV tolerant. Mine had
> been up over ten years at the previous QTH with no
> visible degradation.
> 
"

Nice to see that website. I have been using
ex-military ropes which look extremely similar to the
Marlow Ropes ones. Somewhat to my surprise, they don't
seem to have degraded at all in 4 years in England and
10 years over here. At one time Anchor Surplus in
Nottingham had miles of the stuff - maybe they still
do. One caveat is that critters (at least Canadian
critters) find them fun to chew on, and a metre or so
of steel rope at the bottom is a good idea.

I don't think they are the same as Phyllistran(?) at
all though - I believe that is glass fibre with an
outer covering.

73 Roger
VE3ZI



	
	
		
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