[Antennas] Home Brew balanced line

Wed, 18 Dec 2002 09:13:29 -0700

I have seen smaller irrigation pipe used for drip systems.  Not sure what
the diameter is though.  Just a suggestion.  It's still black and I'm not
sure if it's rigid enough.
73's de Jerry, K�EJF

On Tue, 17 Dec 2002 17:54:39 -0800 (PST) "Steve L." <[email protected]>
writes:
> Hi Mike,
> 
> Yes, I've used that stuff just like you described and
> it's good, plus it's faster to build. However, I found
> it to be a little heavier and it catches the wind more
> than the 1/2" OD CPVC. For some reason, my wife thinks
> it's ugly, too. She thinks the off-white CPVC is
> acceptable... and when mama ain't happy, the family
> ain't happy. I see everyone is nodding their heads
> here.
> 
> I've looked for this exact same material in 3/8" which
> to me would be PERFECT but I don't think they make it
> in that size (exhaustive study, I visited three home
> centers and they didn't have it).
> 
> 20 years ago I purchased some 2" spacing open wire
> line made with 16AWG solid wire and these weird little
> spacers that the wire had been MELTED into. This stuff
> was invisible, had no wind loading to speak of and was
> cheap.
> 
> 73, Steve N4SL
> 
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E. Jerold (Jerry) Forwood