Standoff for a 80-20m dipole ?...

[Oatmeal]

The 40m dipole has been working great, but need to make a few adjustments to it.......where do you guys buy your Dacron rope and pulleys from ?...

 

[543_Dallas]

There is an eBay seller that has good deals on dacron rope. I think it's the hamstore or something like that.

For a pulley to raise mine up the mast I just used a solid steel ring from home depot welded to an L bracket held to the mast with hose clamps. The ring is more reliable than a pulley. With a pulley the roller can rust up and the rope can jump out of the groove. The rope loops through the ring and I pull the antenna up like a flag.

The bracket is just flat steel from home depot

 

[Oatmeal]

Ok, yeah been looking for Dacron rope, but don't think I'll use a pulley either, going to something else....

That dang weed eater string has been doing good, lol....

 

[Moleculo]

I finally got around to taking a pic of the stand-off I made. It's just a piece of aluminum L bracket, a fiberglass rod and a couple of U-bolts. Originally I had a piece of wood painted black, but that didn't last long in the sun.

 

[Road Squawker]

... a pulley the roller can rust up and the rope can jump out of the groove...

that won't happen with a properly sized stainless steel marine grade pulley,.... but, they ain't cheep

 

[firerunner]

I used one of these pvc conduit 90's
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Commerci...h-40-Belled-End-Elbow-EBS4090100-CE/205625134

 

[543_Dallas]

that won't happen with a properly sized stainless steel marine grade pulley,.... but, they ain't cheep

Yeah. Seems like a package of 2 steel rings was only a couple of bucks.

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

I finally got around to taking a pic of the stand-off I made. It's just a piece of aluminum L bracket, a fiberglass rod and a couple of U-bolts. Originally I had a piece of wood painted black, but that didn't last long in the sun.View attachment 16501

Call me stupid but I finally know what you guys are talking about. To me a stand-off is short and is used to keep feedline spaced a few inches from a mast. That is what it has always meant in radio-speak going back about 100 years or so. What we are talking about here is a dog leg or yard arm.

 

[543_Dallas]

The clues were there. You just seem to get hung up on semantics.

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

The clues were there. You just seem to get hung up on semantics.

You call it semantics. I call it proper terminology. Forgive me for learning and using the proper words.

 

[543_Dallas]

You call it semantics. I call it proper terminology. Forgive me for learning and using the proper words.

Right. When I say semantics I am referring to the meaning or interpretation of a word. Thank you for the supporting evidence.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/semantics

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

Right. When I say semantics I am referring to the meaning or interpretation of a word. Thank you for the supporting evidence.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/semantics

I guess you missed the comparison to "You say potato, I say po-tah-toe" when I said "You call it semantics. I call it proper terminology". Thank you for showing us that even you can miss the obvious.

 

[543_Dallas]

Oh... I see what you did there.

 

[Moleculo]

Canadians.

LOL.

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

Canadians.

LOL.

Yeah we have always been sticklers for using the right words instead of just making something up and calling it right.