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Hi Bill and the other posters:
The taughtline knot is just what I was looking for. The masts are in
reality just 10 foot long 2x4s and 8 of them will hold up an
experimental antenna.
Thanks very much,
Brooke Clarke, N6GCE
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Noyce, Bill wrote:
>The Boy Scouts teach the "tautline" hitch for this purpose.
>First hit from Google had nice pictures:
>http://www.iland.net/~jbritton/tautlinehitch.htm
>
> -- Bill, AB1AV
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Navigation Mailing List
>[mailto:] On Behalf Of Brooke Clarke
>Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 1:13 PM
>To:
>Subject: Knot Question
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>Hi:
>
>I would like to plumb a number of antenna masts by adjusting the length
>of the 3 parachute cord guy ropes that are staked into the ground. Is
>there a knot that would allow adjusting the length of the line, yet
>would hold fast?
>
>Thanks for any help,
>
>Brooke Clarke, N6GCE
>
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