[Elecraft] Wire antenna ends and spools?

[Daniel Brown]

In the past, I have sourced a few of the spools used for retailing fly-fishing line from my neighborhood Orvis. Just asked the sales guy nicely, as we were finishing up with other purchases. 

The spools worked nicely with Poly-Steath wire. 

--
Dan Brown

> On Oct 6, 2021, at 00:50, Eric Norris <norrislawfirm2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Use a fly fishing knot on those slippery wires to tie them to a small
> insulator.  My late friend Neal WA6OCP (SK) used to buy these perfect
> spools he called "offshore fishing line spools."   They were maybe 8" in
> diameter, but very thin--perfect for winding up slick, slinky wire for
> temporary QRP antennas.  I have no idea where he got them
> 
> 
> 73 Eric WD6DBM
> 
>> On Tue, Oct 5, 2021, 3:34 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:
>> 
>> 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
>> girlfriend suggests a ring terminal, which seems reasonable -- any other
>> ideas?
>> 2. How to coil them more securely. W3ATB suggests a chalk line reel (
>> https://w3atb.com/wire-antenna-winder/) but I'm not a fan of the
>> termination there.
>> 
>> Thanks and 73,
>> 
>> Julie
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