[ARC5] Antenna wire beads

[Roy Morgan]

At 12:39 PM 11/6/02 -0500, Clarence M. Owens wrote:
>First, what type of wire was used, solid or stranded?

Stranded... stuff a little like solder wick or thin braid, only 
round.  Quite flexible, essential to reduce breakage due to 
vibration.  Ever been in a WW-II aircraft in flight?

>   the beads were stopped a
>short distance away from thoes round nosed ceramic standoff insulators.

The  beaded wire I have that came from my 1944 GO-9 transmitter had special 
ends on it that fit the hardware on the insulators.. the hardware thing 
is  just like the top of an automotive spark plug.  The  wire end was 
slipped over the fitting and snapped in place.

>The beads I have will fit through the holes in the standoffs I have.

The standoffs normally had bolts  through the center, with either push type 
connectors such as is on the receiver, or the above mentioned spark-plug 
like tip.

Roy


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