[Antennas] hitest fishing line for antenna supports

Wed, 10 Sep 2003 22:20:38 -0500

Gasoline powered weed trimmer that uses "string" to do the cutting.  It's
actually a polypropylene (plastic) line similar to monofilament fishing
line, but sized by it's diameter (in this country in inches).  So .080 is 80
thousandths of an inch or 8 hundredths of an inch.  That's about 2mm.  So
it's about the equivalent of 200 pound test (90kg) fishing line.

And it is poly, so it is subject to ultraviolet degradation.  That's the
reason guys mention having problems if they use it over long time periods.
The sun breaks it down, eventually.

Jay
KD5WLX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jesper Wolf Jespersen" <[email protected]>
To: "Tim KD5CKP" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Antennas] hitest fishing line for antenna supports

> Hello Tim.
>
> > Something I found that has worked quite well for me is Gas Trimmer Line.
I
> > don't recall the diameter at this time. but I think it is .080 .
>
> Sorry to ask but what is Gas Trimmer Line ?
>
> I use 6 mm flagpole line (wowen nylon I think) for antenna support. I can
> put quite a bit of strain on that and it handles nicely.
>
> I attach a roller (winch ?) at a high point with flagline comming down
from
> it and use the line to tie the ends of my antennas to.
> The other end is wound up at the ground where the line is tied to handy
fix
> points.
>
> I have a multi lobe dipole strung up in my back yard this way, I can take
> down the antenna in seconds and put it up again in minutes. Something I
> enjoy when trying out a different type of balun, changing the bands of a
> lobe or redirecting the antenna.
>
> I dont have much room in my back yuard, aproximately 20m x 20m so my 80m
> lobe is strung up as a square where the two ends of the dipole nearly
meet.
> The other bands are strung at odd angles to the 80m lobe and arranging
them
> differently changes the performance quite a bit.
>
> Hope i havent manhandled the english language to much for you to
understand
> what I mean :-)
>
> Greetings from Denmark.
> Jesper Wolf Jespersen
> OZ8ACE
>
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