Another strong storm is passing through southern California today and one of its casualties has been the rope that supported my wire HF antenna. I guess I know what I'm going to be doing tomorrow, or whenever it is that things dry out enough for me to work outdoors.
Last edited by NQ6U; 12-29-2010 at 05:41 PM.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Don't you hate it when that happens?
I used stainles steel cable for it, good quality isolators because i hate climbing on the roofs here.
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That sucks. I hope you get it up quickly:rofl:
What you did there...I see it.Originally Posted by N2KKM
That sucks. I hope you get it up quickly
He can use a ball launcher to achieve the desired effect.
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I used nylon rope because it stretches when the trees that support the antenna move in the wind. I didn't have enough when I erected this particular antenna, though, so I used a braided polypropylene rope on one end. It lasted about a year but the nylon rope on the other end is still good to go.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
I use chimney's of the rows of housing so they are not probne to swaying in the wind ( i hope...) ;)
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telling the truth about them." - Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)
“I’m not liberal/conservative, I’m anti-idiotarian.”
At some point in the last 20 years, the left moved to the center, and the right moved into a mental institution
I can get it up quick enough.
(Just don't remember what I wanted to do with it).................................
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Even at my age I seem to be able to get it up and rise to the occaision...That sucks. I hope you get it up quickly
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
I think I'll have no problem erecting it. And the last time I did, it stayed up for a year.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Something to consider is putting a spring on the bitter end with a weight to keep it reasonably taught, and run it through a pulley to the antenna. I've had to do that here, as there seem to be more windy days than not.
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