[Milsurplus] Antenna wire

[Jim Pruitt]

Wayne and the group,

all of the Surfstrand and downrigger line I have found so far all say 
stainless not copper.

Thank you.

Jim Pruitt
WA7DUY

On 9/29/2023 11:19 AM, hwhall at aol.com wrote:
> I've bought a spool of SurfStrand fishing wire to try for an antenna.
> 7-strand, twisted bare copper with a "test" rating of 30 lbs and 
> overall diameter of 0.03 inches
> I haven't yet tested it for stretch. Has anyone had experience with it?
>
> Wayne
> WB4OGM
>
> On Friday, September 29, 2023 at 12:15:58 PM MDT, 
> <mstangelo at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
> Bob,
>
> My 24 gauge portable wires are while and blue. No stripes.
>
> My inverted V dipole at home is 16 gauge purple. It does get noticed.
>
> The inverted V at home is supported in a tree and the ends go to other 
> trees. I affix the ends through the end insulators with tie wraps. If 
> the trees flex or a branch breaks the wire does not break but slips 
> out of the insulator It's gone through a couple of storms with this 
> setup. I've had the ends slip out twice of times but no breakage.
>
> Mike N2MS
>
> > On 09/29/2023 12:51 PM EDT Bob Camp <kb8tq at n1k.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > Why does sliver plated teflon wire get dumped?
> >
> > This or that design calls for (say) a wiring harness. It has 38 
> wires in it. Each one is color coded somehow. (No, I didn’t do that 
> design …). Off somebody goes to get enough wire in each of those 
> colors in those gauges to make up the required number of whatever. 
> Call up the “approved vendor”:
> >
> > (Maybe) then say “We have red, black, and green”. Could be White and 
> black ….
> >
> > Ok, but I need these 35 other colors.
> >
> > Minimum order in that color and wire gauge is 5,000 feet. (yes, 
> that’s a real number)
> >
> > Mumble mumble, go check with the customer. Check around and see 
> what’s what. Eventually somebody signs the paperwork.
> >
> > Call back later:
> >
> > Ok, send me what I need.
> >
> > Ok, we’ll get it out in 16 weeks ( yikes ….)
> >
> > Net result is that at the end of the program, there’s 2,000 to 4,000 
> feet of wire sitting around on spools. Some has really weird color 
> combinations. Much of it looks fairly normal (except it’s not red, 
> black, white or green).
> >
> > Off it goes to the storage cabinet (wish I had pictures … sorry). 
> Eventually it goes to the scrap heap / recycle outfit. Might well be 
> sold by them for the value of the raw copper.
> >
> > Yes it does make nice portable antenna wire. Purple with yellow and 
> red stripes just adds to the appeal.
> >
> > Bob
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