[Elecraft] Antenna Back up!

Sat May 1 18:17:39 2004

Trev, I am sure that the new wire will do fine. In the future you might want
to visit your local Home Depot or Lowe's stores where you can pick up 500 ft
spools of #14 stranded insulated "house wire" which make an excellent
antenna wire. A 500 ft spool used to sell for around $15. I have used it for
years for many different antennas with never a failure.

Watch out for kinks in your solid copper clad wire and for any evidence of
the copper coating flaking off or being scratched off or whatever thereby
exposing the steel wire. It will rust and weaken rapidly after that.

Get that thing working by Monday evening so we can work you in the Spartan
Sprint!

73, George W5YR
Fairview, TX
[email protected]
http://www.w5yr.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Trevor Jacobs" <[email protected]>
To: "Elecraft Mailing List" <[email protected]>;
<[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 2:47 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] Antenna Back up!

> Hey Gang,
>
> Got a package from the Wireman today. Bought a few things including parts
> for the home antenna that blew down about a week ago in a wind storm. It's
> basically the same antenna now except that I replaced the antenna wire
with
> #14 copper clad steel (wireman #502). This stuff has a 450 Lb breaking
> point, so I'm pretty sure it's not coming down ;-) Thanks to everyone who
> sent me comments regarding the antenna wire. I also used a Ladder Lock
> center insulator. Very nice! I updated the shack/antenna page too...
>
> 73's Trev - K6ESE
> http://www.qsl.net/k6ese