One quick follow-up; at my current qth, I took a leftover spacer and heated it up with a heat gun and flattened it. Drilled two holes and used it as a center insulator for my 80m doublet. It has been up in the air now for 3-1/2 years with no issues...
Josh On Mar 16, 2016 4:05 PM, "Joshua Rose" <jsarose1...@gmail.com> wrote: > I had done something similar at my former qth to make 450 ohm ladder > line. My solution used UV resistant PVC conduit and UV resistant wire > ties. I drilled holes at the prescribed spacing through the conduit > (perpendicular to the axis of the conduit). I ran the wires through and > the put the wire tire around both wires inside the center of the conduit > and snugged it enough to make a slight "bump" in each wire going towards > the center of the spacer. The "bump" in the wires along with the wire > tie prevented any movement of the spacer. This was with teflon coated, > stranded 10 gauge wire that was rescued from the recycle pile at work. > Worked great! > > Josh > KB3VQQ > On Mar 16, 2016 3:49 PM, "WILLIS COOKE via BVARC" <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > >> Bill when I look at your antenna I think back to when we put 146.81/21 >> repeater on the air on the 1000 foot tower near Alvin, but also near the >> Pearland Gun Range and in Friendswood. We needed to lash 500 feet of 7/8" >> hardline to the tower from the base to the antenna at 500 ft. We used >> lengths of solid core #12 house wiring long enough to lash where we >> attached the feed line to the tower and it seemed to work well. We had the >> line up for about eight years without failure. For your app, it would take >> shorter pieces, maybe 6: or 8 inches. You can cut a length or two to see >> what it will take. The single strand solid core wire is available at any >> Lowes or Home Depot. Take about three tight wraps around your feed wire at >> each insulator above and below the insulator. Tie wraps, particularly the >> white ones are very susceptible to UV, so if you use tie warps use UV >> resistant black ones, but even they need regular replacement. If you want >> to discuss, call me at 832-630-1799. I am in Santa Fe and have a big >> antenna so I can contact you directly on 10, 6 or other HF bands. >> >> Willis 'Cookie' Cooke, >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Bill Crowell via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> >> *To:* BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> >> *Cc:* Bill Crowell <n4...@comcast.net> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:14 PM >> *Subject:* [BVARC] N4HPG Feedline Stitch Article >> >> Enjoy! >> >> Bill Crowell, N4HPG >> Pearland, TX >> Text messaging one-handed since 1982 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC@bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC@bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> >>
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