[Elecraft] Ladder Line near the gutter.

[Dan Barker]

Cool. Luckily I have a fire extinguisher. But at five watts, I may not =
need it. I think I'll use PVC elbows, toggle bolts, and discuising =
paint. I need to handle 70 knot winds so I'll skip the spring and just =
replace it occasionally. My ladder line is Store-Bought - about 1 inch =
spacing.

Dan / WG4S / K2 #2456



-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Hammond NOSS [mailto:n0ss@earthlink.net]
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 10:45 AM
To: Dan Barker
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Ladder Line near the gutter.


Dan:

I 'stood-off' my 3" home-made ladder line from the gutter about 12". =
I'll=20
ATTACH a (GIF) drawing of how I did it.

I also passed the ladder line THRU the window into the shack by =
replacing=20
the upper pane with plexiglass and then drilling a couple holes for =
screws=20
in the pane. This was, I could screw-attach the wires on both sides of =
the=20
window without compromising the thermal insulation.

Note that, one time as a result of a winter storm, the ladder line got=20
'pushed' up against the outside bottom corner of my wooden support and=20
(sometime after the storm) my 1KW RF caught the support ON FIRE! Damnear =

burned the moutnig bracket off the house!

Good luck.

Tom


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