Use "aircraft" cable. It's stainless steel and very reliable. Home
Depot sells it by the foot. Cut it with a cold chisel and small sledge
hammer on a rock or bench vice.

Do not use polypropylene rope for anything. There are pix on the web of
a tug-of-war using poly rope -- the rope didn't just break, it exploded.
A couple of guys were killed.


Bob wrote:
The best ropes are used for mountain climbing, but over a long period of
time even they will break down. You'd be better off using stranded aluminum
cable. The kind they sell in hardware stores.

"Robert11" wrote in message
...

Hello:

Will beputting up a simple horizontal radio antenna for receiving only.

Have to connect the end of the antenna wire to a tree, perhaps 15 feet or

so

away.

It's going to be a real pain to string it, and would really like whatever

I

use to tie the end of the wire to the
insulator I'll have on the tree to last a Very long time.

How is polypropolyne rope for very long term outdoor usage ?
Thinking of brittleness problems due to ozone, heat in the summer, zero
temp's in the winter, etc. ?

Anything better; perhaps items like Dacron rope ?

Or,... ?

Thanks,
Bob