http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowline

The next link will be to a psych medication

My "tower" is a fiberglass mast. It has 3 guys at about 1/5 the way up,
to keep bending force off the base. The rest is 6 tubes stacked up and a
#12 copper wire coming back down the inside. Very graceful in the wind;
it can bend over 90 degrees and always rights itself, just like a good
sailboat should. Cheers.


On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:45:26 -0500, Tuuk wrote:

No Dave

Not a good idea to simply tie knots in your guy lines.

Because after a while the wind and rain and wind and rain will slowly
cause them to come untied. Very bad idea, very bad advice.

You would be wise to at least tape the heck out of those knots, so to
prevent them from coming undone, and your tower or antenna falling over.
I mean that is the purpose of the guy lines.

But a simple granny knot wont work Dave. Once again Dave, some bad
advice. Have you ever owned a boat? lol,,, I bet you tied it up one day,
came out the next and it was gone. lol,,, oh my,, that is too funny.

I recomment starting an immediate course with the Cubs, then work into
Boy Scouts, they will teach you Dave how to properly secure something
using nylon rope or any kind of rope. Never tie a granny knot Dave, you
should never, ever tie a granny knot for your guy wire for your tower.
Lol,,, your neighbors are probably sleeping on pins those windy nights.
Oh my.

Turnbuckles are cheap and easy way to keep tension equal and tight on
towers. Make sure your connections are tight and never use granny knots,
use clamps or at least a double Winchester,,, lol,,, oh,,, oh my,,,
Dave,,, you got me today Dave... Oh stop it... lol,,,, oh my.... Tie
your tower with a granny knot... Oh my... lol,,,, Dave you are the
limit.

73s






"dave" wrote in message
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On Sat, 07 Jan 2012 07:38:39 -0500, Jason Washington wrote:

With regular guy wires, we have metal turnbuckles to adjust tension in
the wire, but what about for nylon? I recently built an antenna that
uses nylon rope for antenna support at various spots. I need to
adjust the tension in the nylon rope and I'd rather not use metal
turnbuckles as there are a lot of spots that need adjustment and I
don't want interaction with the antenna. What's the alternative?
Thanks

Is it Nylon or Dacron? Anyway, I just tie knots in mine.