[Elecraft] Stealth antenna insulators

[Mike Harris]

G'day,

Why bother with insulators if you are using a non-conducting synthetic 
rope/string to hold the antenna up.  Why turn something long and slim into 
a snake that has eaten a pig.

Regards,

Mike VP8NO

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Atchley" <hamkt4fk at att.net>
To: <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 12:34 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Stealth antenna insulators


| Greetings from the CC&R capital of the world: California, where stealth
| antennas are a way of life. The current discussion about how certain 
display
| colors are more discernable than others begs a point: what if you don't 
what
| to see it? Since 2003, I've used one inch electrical PVC pipe to make
| stealthy antenna end insulators. Its bluish grey color has less contrast
| than the glossy white or black of store bought insulators. About a 
quarter
| inch ring cut from the PC is sufficiently strong to support 12 gauge 
wires.
| 73, Fred, AE6IC