[Elecraft] Wire antenna ends and spools?

[N9DTT]

There's a lot of creative ways to do the loop that all work pretty well.  One I have used is to just form a loop by folding the wire back on itself and anchor the loop in place with an appropriate sized piece of adhesive lined shrink tube.  Depending on how you fashion the shrink tube it can act as a bit of a mechanical fuse to pull out when the wire gets snagged or tripped over.  It helps when the banana plug is at the wrong angle to pull out.

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Rob
N9DTT

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On Tuesday, October 5th, 2021 at 5:33 PM, Julia Tuttle <julia at juliatuttle.net> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I'm putting together the Elecraft Standard Wire Antenna(tm), two 25-foot
>
> pieces of 26-gauge wire with relatively slippery insulation.
>
> I've got banana plugs on the near (radio) ends of the wires, and I've
>
> temporarily got the two lengths coiled and held with velcro cable ties, but
>
> I'm wondering if anyone has ideas on:
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> 1.  What to put on the far (tree/wherever) ends so I can tie a rope to them
>
>     without the slippery insulation just slipping out of the knot. My
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>     girlfriend suggests a ring terminal, which seems reasonable -- any other
>
>     ideas?
> 2.  How to coil them more securely. W3ATB suggests a chalk line reel (
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>     https://w3atb.com/wire-antenna-winder/) but I'm not a fan of the
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>     termination there.
>
>     Thanks and 73,
>
>     Julie
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