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Are there no Boy Scouts here? Since I am a firm believer in Occam's Razor I feel there is no need to buy anything but the rope. I frequently use a "Truckers Knot" or "Dolly Knot". I have used it to hold a standing refrigerator in a pickup bed and it should easily hold an antenna mast. The knot has a built in mechanism like a pulley, as long as the rope have 1/2" diameter or better. It gives you very good advantage for tensioning and is full adjustable. Here is an instruction: http://www.douglasbsa.com/knots/truckers.html http://www.realknots.com/knots/faqknot.htm (Dolly knot at bottom of page) For those of you know familiar with Occam's Razor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_Razor
Doug Powell, Staff Engineer Corporate Compliance Dept. Advanced Energy Industries Inc. _____ From: Elliott Mac-FME001 [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 11:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Antenna Mast Tie Downs - Non Conductive Tensioners Group, We have an antenna mast that is used at 3 m and 10m distances. The tie down spots for each position is not equi-distant at each location, which means that a fixed length tie down rope is not possible. We have to adjust the rope for each spot. The way we are doing it now leaves some play in the ropes and opens the possibility for a wind gust to cause problems. I am looking for a nonconductive tensioner or clamp that I can put at the end of the rope that will allow us to adjust the rope so that it is tight at both positions. Does anybody out there have any ideas or suggestions? The only other options that I have at the moment is to bore new tie down spots or use a metal strap tensioner, which I would rather steer clear of if possible . Thanks in advance. Best Regards, Mac Elliott email: [email protected] phone: 954-723-5480
Are
there no Boy Scouts here?
Since
I am a firm believer in Occam's Razor I feel there is no need to buy anything
but the rope. I frequently use a "Truckers Knot" or "Dolly Knot". I
have used it to hold a standing refrigerator in a pickup bed and it should
easily hold an antenna mast. The knot has a built in mechanism like a
pulley, as long as the rope have 1/2" diameter or better. It gives
you very good advantage for tensioning and is full
adjustable.
Here
is an instruction:
http://www.realknots.com/knots/faqknot.htm (Dolly
knot at bottom of page)
For
those of you know familiar with Occam's Razor
Doug Powell, Staff
Engineer
Corporate Compliance
Dept.
Advanced Energy Industries Inc.
From: Elliott Mac-FME001 [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 11:59 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Antenna Mast Tie Downs - Non Conductive Tensioners
Group,
We have an antenna
mast that is used at 3 m and 10m distances. The tie down spots for each position
is not equi-distant at each location, which means that a fixed length tie down
rope is not possible. We have to adjust the rope for each spot.
The way we are doing
it now leaves some play in the ropes and opens the possibility for a wind gust
to cause problems.
I am looking for a
nonconductive tensioner or clamp that I can put at the end of the rope that will
allow us to adjust the rope so that it is tight at both positions.
Does anybody out
there have any ideas or suggestions? The only other options that I have at the
moment is to bore new tie down spots or use a metal strap tensioner, which I
would rather steer clear of if possible .
Thanks in advance.
Best Regards,
Mac Elliott
email: [email protected]
phone: 954-723-5480
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