I want to take 100 metres of 450 ohm ladder line (say, Wireman 553) with me on a trip to Africa. I can't find any data on the weight of this stuff on the web or the list archives. I need to know beca
Alan, I'd drop Wireman an email and ask him. 73, Mike NF4L _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.
I got a reply from Wireman. 553 ladder line weighs 6lb/100ft. -- Alan Ibbetson alan@g3xaq.net _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk
Can you use coax? No airline that I have flown will let you take along a 200 pound bag! Even if you cut it up, the luggage charges would exceed the value of the ladder line. John KK9A / P40A I got a
oops, I misread it as 61#/100 I think you have a decimal point error? I need 100 metres, which I think will weigh about 20 lbs. -- Alan Ibbetson alan@g3xaq.net _______________________________________
100 meters = roughtly 325 feet or about 19.5# according to my calculations 100 X 39"per meter /12" per foot = 325feet 1/4 of 6# = 1.5# 3*6 = 18 18 + 1.5 = 19.5# 73 Roger (K8RI) ______________________
Really did look like it didn't it. <:-)) I read it that way too, but my brain made the conversion. As I get older it usually makes the conversion in the wrong direction. 73 Roger (K8RI) _____________
Craig at Radioware says: "I weighed a reel (1000 ft) of the 551 which should weigh essentially the same given that stranded 18 awg is about the same amount of copper as solid 18 awg. That weighed in