[Elecraft] DIY Hard-drawn copper wire

[Jim Brown]

On Thu,2/11/2016 12:42 PM, Rick WA6NHC wrote:
> BUT one should move slowly to not shock load the wire or vehicle AND 
> (in addition to the excellent advice given) the safe zone is any place 
> further away than the total length of the wire plus at least 20% 

When we've done this, my partner has driven the vehicle and I've been 
the observer, carefully out of range. I've never been more than about 
100 ft from the wire, and we typically start with about 200 ft. In the 
half dozen or so times I've done that, the wire has simply broken 
gracefully either near the tree trunk or near the vehicle. What nearly 
always happens is that the wire breaks at a point of maximum stretch 
along the length. That doesn't mean that it CAN'T snap around, but so 
far it has not.

73, Jim K9YC