[OKDXA] Splicing wire in a dipole question

[Robert Redmon]

Listened on and off on 6, John. Not much to get excited about so far 
this season. Northern tier and the NE had a small opening to EU earlier 
in the week, but nothing here. Worked a few SA a couple days ago (new 
grids).

Bob


On 6/1/2013 8:50 PM, John Geiger (AF5CC) wrote:
> Hi Bob,
>
> Thanks for the advice.  I didn't plan on soldering it either, to be 
> honest, but did do a good splice job on it.  Catch any of the 6m 
> opening today?
>
> 73 John AF5CC
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Redmon" <k5sm.bob at gmail.com>
> To: "Oklahoma - DX news and information" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2013 11:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [OKDXA] Splicing wire in a dipole question
>
>
>> John,
>>
>> I have had spliced antennas up for decades without problems. The key 
>> is to provide strain relief (unless you are working with copperweld) 
>> and construct/solder the splice properly (see ARRL handbook). It is 
>> easy to mess up a soldering job when you are trying to join oxidized 
>> copper wire. Be sure you remove all the oxidation. I tend to use fine 
>> sandpaper (400 or 600 grit) and work on the wire to be soldered until 
>> it is all shiny and copper again. After soldering, I always clean the 
>> joint with a baking soda/water solution and then spray a coat of good 
>> enamel on it before hoisting it back into the air.
>>
>> My good buddy Gary (W7FG..sk) always swore he never soldered anything 
>> outside. He essentially "tied" the wire together (strain relief) and 
>> then used crimp spices. Drove me nuts, but he never seemed to have 
>> any trouble.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> On 6/1/2013 4:58 PM, John Geiger (AF5CC) wrote:
>>> My dipole had an unfortuate encounter with a neighbor's tree branch 
>>> on Wednesday evening during a storm, and is now going to require 
>>> some repair or replacing. One option is to fix it by splicing a few 
>>> pieces of copper wire together.  This is the cheap option.  However, 
>>> could this cause problems later on?  I am wondering if the junctions 
>>> of the wire could corrode and start acting like a diode, throwing 
>>> out RFI all over the place?
>>>
>>> Could this happen, or is splicing copper wire in a dipole usually ok?
>>>
>>> 73 John AF5CC
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