- 1. [TowerTalk] Ernesto ate my windom (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@verizon.net>
- Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2006 11:21:01 -0400
- TT: Apros pos of an earlier thread about how to put wires in trees, I espoused the 'keep it simple' approach, just laying the insulated wire and its support line, over the top of trees. Leave a littl
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-09/msg00040.html (7,855 bytes)
- 2. Re: [TowerTalk] Ernesto ate my windom (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
- Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2006 08:43:43 -0700
- What is "superflex?" Do you mean "flexweave?" I tried some #12 on several antennas, and it broke in less than a year on all of them. I'm a firm believer in POC -- plain ordinary copper -- that I buy
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-09/msg00042.html (7,620 bytes)
- 3. Re: [TowerTalk] Ernesto ate my windom (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@verizon.net>
- Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2006 12:30:44 -0400
- Jim (w9yc), et. al.: I don't know if it's 'flexweave' wire. The stuff I know as flexweave was actually woven. What I've been buying from RadioWorks is laid wire, 256 strand copperweld, with PE insula
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-09/msg00046.html (8,290 bytes)
- 4. Re: [TowerTalk] Ernesto ate my windom (score: 1)
- Author: "Gedas" <w8bya@mchsi.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2006 13:12:23 -0400
- Hi Jim, I found your comments below interesting. Do you really see an advantage using solid wire over stranded for a given size? I would have guessed stranded was more stable and stronger and maybe I
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-09/msg00048.html (9,414 bytes)
- 5. Re: [TowerTalk] Ernesto ate my windom (score: 1)
- Author: Martin AA6E <aa6e@ewing.homedns.org>
- Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2006 14:35:01 -0400
- I've been using Flexweave (not sure of gauge) for a couple of years on a dipole. I had a failure after a wind storm where some tree branches had abraded the cable. I think this is a failure mode to w
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-09/msg00051.html (11,342 bytes)
- 6. Re: [TowerTalk] Ernesto ate my windom (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
- Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2006 14:20:09 -0700
- Yes. A major disadvantage of stranded wire is that oxidation of each individual strand degrades the overall electrical properties of the wire over time. Obviously this is reduced by a good jacket, bu
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-09/msg00055.html (9,023 bytes)
- 7. Re: [TowerTalk] Ernesto ate my windom (score: 1)
- Author: "michael taylor" <mctylr@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2006 18:00:12 -0400
- Another idea for strain relief is using an elastic tie-down between the rope and the anchor, such as a black rubber tie-down used with trucks and trailers, or the common bungee cord. -Michael Taylor,
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-09/msg00057.html (8,120 bytes)
- 8. Re: [TowerTalk] Ernesto ate my windom (score: 1)
- Author: "Dan Kovatch" <w8car@buckeye-express.com>
- Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 20:10:16 -0400
- I have used Flexweave for over 12 years with good results. I have replaced the wire once because of a break that I caused trying to clear a limb. I highly recommend it. I do NOT put it under lots of
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-09/msg00106.html (14,531 bytes)
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