[Elecraft] Ladder line changes when wet (was KAT500...)

[K9ZTV]

I'm lazier than Victor.

Sotabeams sells 4 3/4 inch plastic spacers which allows one to make  a 100-foot open-wire feed line in about an hour.

Still up after four years of vacillating Missouri Ozark weather.

73,
Kent
K9ZTV


> On Jul 20, 2025, at 2:35 PM, Victor Rosenthal via Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> Good, long-lasting open-wire line is neither hard to find nor expensive.  I bought some no. 12 super-flexible wire from The Wireman and made spreaders out of black PVC irrigation tubing.  I made a jig to cut them to length, slit the ends and inserted the wire.