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Default Steel vs. kevlar cable, breaking strength vs. working load?



There's "guy unwire" for towers called Phillystran
http://www.phillystran.com/rope-products-application.htm

I'm surprised to hear about such things stretching; it was very
popular for antenna towers; strong, did not stretch, and did not
alter the radiation pattern.

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