[Elecraft] recommendation for portable antenna

[Mike Harris]

G'day,

| As for end insulators and center supports - I don't have pictures, but I 
use
| 1/4 inch Lexan sheet stock - I pick it up in the cutoff bin at the local
| commercial plastics supplier (your yellow pages should tell you where to
| find one near you)  I cut a strip about 3/4 inch wide and 2 inches long 
for
| the end insulators - drill a 1/4 inch hole in each end.  For the center

Seems like overkill to me.  By using synthetic "string" to tie off the 
ends you have all the insulator you need.  OTOH I use plastic "corks" from 
wine bottles on the end of the elevated radials of my 30 metre GP, 
microwave oven tested naturally.  Much more fun to collect than Lexan 
scraps.

Regards,

Mike VP8NO