There’s a reason arborists call it “slick line.” > On Oct 5, 2021, at 19:05, Walter Underwood <wun...@wunderwood.org> wrote: > > I looped the wire and taped it with electrical tape. > > For winding, I use the SOTAbeams midi winders. They are the same length as my > KX3. I tried camping clothesline reels, but they would bind and it just took > too danged long to wind them up. > > https://www.sotabeams.co.uk/midi-winders/ > <https://www.sotabeams.co.uk/midi-winders/> > > For rope into trees, arborist throw line is great. It is lightweight and > specifically designed to not get stuck in trees. > > wunder > K6WRU > Walter Underwood > CM87wj > http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > >> On Oct 5, 2021, at 3:33 PM, Julia Tuttle <ju...@juliatuttle.net> wrote: >> >> Hi folks, >> >> I'm putting together the Elecraft Standard Wire Antenna(tm), two 25-foot >> pieces of 26-gauge wire with relatively slippery insulation. >> >> I've got banana plugs on the near (radio) ends of the wires, and I've >> temporarily got the two lengths coiled and held with velcro cable ties, but >> I'm wondering if anyone has ideas on: >> >> 1. What to put on the far (tree/wherever) ends so I can tie a rope to them >> without the slippery insulation just slipping out of the knot. My >> girlfriend suggests a ring terminal, which seems reasonable -- any other >> ideas? >> 2. How to coil them more securely. W3ATB suggests a chalk line reel ( >> https://w3atb.com/wire-antenna-winder/) but I'm not a fan of the >> termination there. >> >> Thanks and 73, >> >> Julie >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to wun...@wunderwood.org > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to r...@wc3t.us
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