[Milsurplus] Antenna wire

[Facility 406]

"For the fixed wire antennas, aircraft such as the B17 used a heavy 
insulated wire with a hard drawn single conductor copper wire, covered 
in a plastic that is about 1/4 inch thick."

I don't go back that far, all the ones I've seen from the 80's onward, 
use stainless cable.

I'm using 1/4" stainless steel wire rope for my antennas, with heavy 
copper ring terminals crimped on the ends, then I solder the stainless 
and copper together for a good electrical connection, then shrink tube 
the joint with several inches of T&B (Thomas & Betts) 3:1 thick wall 
adhesive lined shrink tube.

All my joints like this point down, so I didn't think to back-fill with 
some really thin cyanoacrylate on my last project, but will do that in 
the future, just as an added measure to protect the joints.

10 years straight, horrible conditions, no issues.

Kurt