[Antennas] shock cords exp.

Mon, 13 May 2002 17:51:30 -0700

Fully agree.
I have had some of the black (rubber?) ones deteriate faster than the round 
ones with braided colour fabric over.  I use only for shot trips to hold 
the trunk lid (boot top)down, hold lumber together.  I donot trust them for 
any length of time.  For a motorcycle, leather cinch belts are best, or, 
nylon (?) straps with wratched system to hold down tight.

My nephew was tying down some stuff in his small truck.  The bundgie did a 
jump, he lost some skin  on his face and some flesh on his hand.  Sling 
shot is right.

Chris opr VE7HCB

At 11:41 AM 2002-05-13 -0400, William Rose wrote:
>Hello All,
>Please be careful when using bungee cords, a.k.a. shock cords for the
>following reasons.  A fellow motorcyclist tied his bundle to luggage rack
>with bungee with xyl on board, fairly new bungee broke while doing abt
>40mph, bungee entered rear wheel, it locked, both went down.  Luckily they
>were in full leathers and helmets so only sustained bumps and sprains but
>the bike was a mess.  My personal experience with them is: while tying down
>a tarp the black "heavy duty" type bungee broke, came back and broke my
>glasses.  Hmmm, what if I weren't wearing the specs?  I know some of you
>listers will come back saying you've never heard or seen such a thing but
>just be aware when using these sling shot like items that they can and do
>break.  73's  Bill, W1HPH    Foster, RI
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>From: "Chad~~KM5QF~~" <[email protected]>
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>"shock cords"
>are the elastic 'bungee' cords, usu about half length of your arm, too early
>in morning to do u.s. to metric math,
>rubber type rope straps usu w/ a hook of some sort on each end. 1000 uses
>around the home and shop.
>aka elastic tie-downs too.
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>73 73 de KM5QF k k kn
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