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

[Bob Henderson]

So far as I am aware Phillystran is made from a sheathed aramid fibre.  In 
the case of the Dupont manufactured raw material (Kevlar) the strands are 
apparently long molecular chains produced from poly-paraphenylene 
terephthalamide ;-)

Linear Composites based in Keighley, West Yorkshire are a UK manufacturer of 
aramid cables.  I believe the brand name for their Phillystran equivalent 
product is Parafil.

Not cheap any of it and a complete waste of money on a crank-up.

Bob, 5B4AGN


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Beattie" <g3ozf at btinternet.com>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] High Winds...Rope ?


> Quite right, Roger. The bottom 2 m of my guys are chain.
>
> And no, it's not the same. Phyllistran is fibre-based (quite what, I don't
> know)
>
> 73
>
> Don
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Roger Parsons" <ve3zi at yahoo.com>
> To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 3:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] High Winds...Rope ?
>
>
>>. 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.
>>
>
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