50 - 1/4 Ham Radio Antenna Support Rope - First Quality Polester Rope for DIPOLE Long Wire and other Antennas

Ham Radio Amateur Radio - Our Polyester rope features: Excellent UV and abrasion resistance. Won t rot like cotton and other materials. Low stretch (very important when supporting antennas). It s strong (much stronger than Polypropylene). It s soft and very easy to work with. Round Design Works Great With Pulleys. Flat rope is very difficult to use on pulleys. Antenna Support Rope such as Dipole Inverted V Longwire (random length) antenna. Polyester is the best choice for antenna support rope or any outside application where strength less stretch UV and abrasion resistance is important. Unlike Nylon Polyester Rope is less elastic and therefore stretches much less. In fact Nylon Rope will stretch anywhere from 15 – 25% percent at it’s break point. Polyester on the other hand will normally stretch from 5 – 10% at it s break point. Nylon absorbs water and is 10-20% weaker when wet. Polyester is not affected by water and maintains its strength when wet.