[ARC5] Balanced antenna coupling...

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi,

How long is your attic!? I have an end fed wire that exits the radio 
room through the ceiling and is strung accross the attic on electric 
fence insulators through the sidewall just under the eaves and on up 
into the trees where parts of it are supported by more of those electric 
fence insulators. The places where it passes through the ceiling and the 
wall use homebrew, large diameter, feedthough insulators. The one to the 
outside is sealed against the weather.

I mentioned those electric fence insulators first because they are the 
items you want. Tractor Supply and other farm stores and maybe places 
like Home Depot.

http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/store/zarebareg%3B-ring-insulator

It's ten bucks for a bag of 25. It's hard to see in the photo but that 
is a diagonal slot in the side of the insulator. The wire is completely 
free to slide through the insulator but will not easily fall out of that 
slot (I mount mine with the slot facing up). I had to fight to get the 
wire back out the insulator when I wanted to that!

73,

Bill  KU8H



On 12/27/2014 11:12 AM, Robert Eleazer wrote:
> I am considering putting up a long wire or a loop in my attic, utilizing - believe it or not - military surplus Czech field phone wire; I have about a half mile of it available.  The wire has 4 individually insulated strands inside a sleeve.
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> How do you attach the wires to the supports (rafters, etc.?).  I was going to use some ceramic stand-offs about 6 in long that I bought from Fair Radio.
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> Thanks,
>
> Wayne
> WB5WSV
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