At 05:54 PM 7/7/2007, Al_N6TA@comcast.net wrote:
>One of my junk drawers just coughed up a B&W cast aluminum center
>insulator for dipoles. It is a two piece clamshell design that is
>really heavy duty with eye bolts, ceramic insulators, gaskets and
>seems to want to clamp to the coax feedline.
>My question to the old timers out there is why is hole for the coax
>9/16 " diameter, much too large for RG-8 type coax? Am I missing a
>part that is a gasket of some kind that would make the RG-8 fit?
Yes.. Mine all have RG-11 (75 0hm) coming off them and there's a
rubber strain relief/boot/seal that is grabbed between the sides.
>If this B&W unit is used correctly, I seems like it could take a LOT
>of tension and weight of coax hanging a long way down. I plan to
>raise my 80 M dipole to heights it has never seen before!
>
>Tnx
>Al
>N6TA
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