> Oooh Kay. The US military GRA-4 antenna [5' Al poles that > you could > push up by adding sections at the bottom, had nylon guy > ropes and nylon > haul ropes for the [usually] fan dipole. My team and I > used these in > Vietnam and Laos for 4 years. Nothing ever broke or fell > down, and I > still have about 150 International Feet of that now 45 yr > old rope under > the back seat of my truck ... not sure why, but it seemed > like a good > idea at the time. Even if you weren't there, you can > probably imagine > the tropical sun, rain, and resultant mold. This rope > survived far > better than my feet did. > > I have two wires suspended between my tower and trees on > nylon rope. > It's been a long winter, however it does look like it's > ending and we'll > be in "forever clear and sunny" weather in triple digits > soon [we hope > :-) The rope shows no deterioration, been up for at least > 4 years now. > > What am I missing here?
Nothing Fred. http://www.us-rope-cable.com/rope.html http://www.cncphotoalbum.com/rope/ http://www.lehighgroup.com/fiber.htm http://www.nylonnet.com/ and this is a post from a fellow involved in the textile industry that explains why you and I and many others observe what we do: http://www.eham.net/ehamforum/smf/index.php/topic,43983.msg303332.html#msg303332 All of my ropes and strings are nylon, and they last several years or longer in the sun. 73 Tom ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
