[Elecraft] Best Portable Wire

[Lyn Norstad]

I prefer Wireman #531.

 

>From thewireman.com:

 

Tough coat ‘Silky’ with a tough outer jacket (nominal OD, 0.120″ including 0.020″ jacket).

Weight per ft is .03 ounces.

VF=.95

 

Designed for through-the-trees, sea coast, acid rain or other inclement atmospheric conditions. Our most rugged, longest-lived, stranded antenna wire for any purpose. Jacket has minimal effect on performance – less than that of a year’s accumulation of oxidation product on bare wire, with less noise. Break strength 400 lbs. Price is per foot.

 

Specifications Wire Type 19x stranded copper-clad steel (40%) Wire Gauge 14 AWG Jacket High density, low-gloss polyethylene Break Strength 400 lbs

 

Our number one seller in antenna wire for permanent installations.

 

https://thewireman.com/product/antenna-wire-13-awg-copper-clad-steel-stranded-jacketed/

 

73

Lyn, W0LEN

 

 

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Rich WC3T
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2021 7:20 PM
To: Ronnie Hull
Cc: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Best Portable Wire

 

I third the selection of “The Wireman” products.  Excellent quality.  I use the 26-ga myself. 

 

72,

Rich Hurd / WC3T / DMR: 3142737  

Northampton County RACES, EPA-ARRL PIO

Grid: FN20is

 

> On Dec 19, 2021, at 20:03, Ronnie Hull <w5sum at comcast.net> wrote:

> 

> What Wayne said! That Silky 26 g is the way to go. Easy to break though so don’t put the John Wayne on it!

> Ron W5SUM 

> 

> Sent from my iPhone

> 

>> On Dec 19, 2021, at 6:50 PM, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:

>> 

>> 26 AWG "Silky" from the Wireman.

>> 

>> Wayne

>> 

>> 

>>>> On Dec 19, 2021, at 3:52 PM, K4SRQ-Burt <burt at k4srq.net> wrote:

>>> 

>>> Ok, quick question for all you portable geeks.  I am running the Wayne style end fed random wire thrown over a tree.  Using AWG 14 but need a smaller wire.  Anyone have a favorite wire you use for the Ant and Ground Plane?  Rugged, straightens nice etc.?

>>> 

>>> Burt

>>> 

>>> K4SRQ

>>> Sarasota

>>> 

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