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Re: Knot Question
From: Bill Noyce
Date: 2004 Aug 12, 13:35 -0400
From: Bill Noyce
Date: 2004 Aug 12, 13:35 -0400
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
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[mailto:NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM] On Behalf Of Brooke Clarke
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 1:13 PM
To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM
Subject: Knot Question
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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