Return-Path: Received: (qmail 55456 invoked from network); 25 Dec 2003 17:06:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ptb-mxscan03.plus.net) (212.159.14.237) by ptb-mailstore01.plus.net with SMTP; 25 Dec 2003 17:06:24 -0000 Received: (qmail 68331 invoked from network); 25 Dec 2003 17:06:23 -0000 X-Filtered-by: Plusnet (hmail v1.01) X-Spam-detection-level: 11 Received: from ptb-mxcore03.plus.net (212.159.14.217) by ptb-mxscan03.plus.net with SMTP; 25 Dec 2003 17:06:22 -0000 Received: from post.thorcom.com ([193.82.116.20]) by ptb-mxcore03.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1AZYwI-000HZB-F2 for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Thu, 25 Dec 2003 17:06:22 +0000 X-Fake-Domain: majordom Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1AZYvo-0007AX-6f for rs_out@blacksheep.org; Thu, 25 Dec 2003 17:05:52 +0000 Received: from [62.253.164.41] (helo=mta1-svc.business.ntl.com) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1AZYvn-0007AO-CT for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 25 Dec 2003 17:05:51 +0000 X-Fake-Domain: l8p8y6 Received: from l8p8y6 ([62.252.208.164]) by mta1-svc.business.ntl.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.37 201-229-121-137-20020806) with SMTP id <20031225170545.XJTI281.mta1-svc.business.ntl.com@l8p8y6> for ; Thu, 25 Dec 2003 17:05:45 +0000 X-Bad-Message-ID: no DNS (l8p8y6) Message-ID: <000201c3cb08$1bf7afe0$a4d0fc3e@l8p8y6> From: "hamilton mal" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <6.0.1.1.2.20031224113817.0381be40@POP3.freeler.nl> Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 19:05:03 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: LF: Re: Rope Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.2 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_12_24,HTML_30_40,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=no version=2.60 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-PN-SPAMFiltered: yes X-Spam-Rating: 2 Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit
 
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Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 11:27 AM
Subject: LF: Rope

To All from PA0SE,

Hi Dick
So far I never had a rope or insulation failure. No ignition or sparks or any wire burn out.
I use marine grade rope available from any marine or yacht supplier. The rope comes in various sizes and the most useful for me is 2mm up to 15mm. The heavier rope is used for guying towers and the other sizes for suspending antenna wires from the tower via insulators. The insulators used are called crab pot spinners, white in colour and made from polyurethane type material. These insulators are about 100 cms long and 40 cms wide. Pulleys that I use are stainless steel with poly runners. This combination guarantees trouble free antennas. Looking up the only sparks that you are likely to see are from the moon and stars, and the odd aurora !!!!!!!!!
The wx seems to have little effect on the above material, they are manufactured for use in a hostile environment.
73 de Mal/G3KEV and Merry Xmas and HNY to all
 

 


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