[Boatanchors] (Solder Kester 88) now copperweld

[rbethman]

Jim, Richard, et al,

I have not run across this "flexweave" as of yet.

I absolutely DO know that the stranded "antenna wire that HRO is trying 
to sell to hams is nothing more than bare stranded #12.  You can cut it 
in a blink of an eye with any wire cutters.

Theirs has no steel in it at all.  I made that mistake ONCE.  It 
stretched for I have no idea how long.  I got fed up with having to go 
back out and prune it to proper length once more.

I can only surmise that the antenna wire that I obtained from Army MARS 
was made the "old" way, and NOT the way I read described earlier.

Bob - N0DGN

On 9/13/2011 5:50 PM, Jim Wilhite wrote:
> Richard, the deal may be that there is a Flexweave copperweld type of
> wire.  The single strand wire is easy to break should you get a kink in
> it then pull it tight inadvertently, whereas the Flexweave is a bit
> easier to work with.  I believe it (I haven't counted yet) is 9 strand
> copperweld type of wire woven like stranded antenna wire.  It is much
> stronger than a similar type that RS sells.
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> Maybe that is what they are doing.  I bought some of the Flexweave from
> the coaxman at the Mena, Arkansas hamfest \this past week.  I had to
> discard my old copperweld antenna when I moved last.  It was made of
> wire from old telegraph lines that were used by a railroad and removed a
> few years back.  Had to put vinegar on the end to get the wire to shine
> but that works.
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