If you are hanging ropes over tree branches which tend to be abrasive I would
highly recommend the "Wouff Hang" as designed by Roy Lewallen, W7EL. He had
an article in QST, October 2019 which describes the device made up a of several
pieces of electrical conduit and PVC pipe which you pull
On 9/25/2021 7:19 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
Re the Flexweave, I didn't recognize the name so I googled it, and who
knew...? It sounds like it might work very well for the whole inverted
L, and these days it's not appreciably more expensive than #14 THHN.
I don't recommend it. I bought
I had to laugh - I'm sure that the couple of box wrenches I lost in the
trees behind my townhouse in Reston, VA are still there - or if not, do
you suppose people thought they grew there somehow?
Re the Flexweave, I didn't recognize the name so I googled it, and who
knew...? It sounds like
In the pulley snag conundrum, I found that the small marine grade stainless
steel, ball bearing pulleys would handle the black sheathed 3/16 in
parachute cord style rope and never a snag. They also pull very easy as the
bearing never freezes up from exposure to merely (vs. salt) water.
I also
On 9/25/2021 1:23 PM, w3...@roadrunner.com wrote:
I dont
use pullies since so often the rope slips off the roller and into the
crack between the roller and the U-bracket. So I just tied a rope to
the other side of the insulator and hoist.
This suggests a mismatch of pulley dimensions to rope
. Here in Ohio we are still having moderate QRN especially in the
evenings. When I get on at our SR, the VK/ZL boys are often coming
through fairly well with much less QRN.
My INV-L has a ceramic insulator at the apex, which is held in place
by 3/16" black synthetic rope of some kind ( Home Depot
