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1. [TowerTalk] Wire for Quad (score: 1): Author: "JACK KZ4USA" <videorov@verizon.net>; Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:56:31 -0400; meter 6 El Quad project? What are most people using for their Quads? Jack KZ4USA _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing lis; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00591.html (6,378 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] Wire for Quad (score: 1): Author: Bill Turner <dezrat@copper.net>; Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:56:00 -0700; ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- No, no, no. Copperweld only. Copper, hard drawn or not, is relatively soft and will eventually break and you will have a job on your hands. Ok, copperweld will e; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00599.html (7,356 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] Wire for Quad (score: 1): Author: "Bob Maser" <bmaser@tampabay.rr.com>; Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:05:51 -0400; Teflon covered stranded is used by many. How you fasten it to the spreaders is VERY important. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTal; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00600.html (8,848 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] Wire for Quad (score: 1): Author: Bill Turner <dezrat@copper.net>; Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:24:04 -0700; ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Interesting thought about the Teflon. And fastening is indeed important. Ideally you want some kind of strain relief so the wire does not flex from a hard point.; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00604.html (8,023 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] Wire for Quad (score: 1): Author: "JE Brown" <W4LC@fuse.net>; Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:06:48 -0000; I had a Lightning Bolt 5-band quad up for 11 years, until an ice storm snapped the boom last Feb. When I took it down, the wires were still like new. I believe they were conposed of an alloy used in; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00613.html (9,625 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] Wire for Quad (score: 1): Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>; Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 06:32:12 -0700; I bought a bunch of stranded #14 and #12 wire from Davis RF several years ago and had terrible results with it. So have several of my friends. It simply doesn't hold up well. Jim Brown K9YC _________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00616.html (7,483 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] Wire for Quad (score: 1): Author: "Kostas sv1dpi" <sv1dpi@otenet.gr>; Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:07:02 +0300; the wire for the quad must have much strength and must have NOT much weight. These are what we want. The wire of LBA is perfect for this purpose but the strong point of this antenna is the way it hun; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00619.html (8,915 bytes)
8. Re: [TowerTalk] Wire for Quad (score: 1): Author: "jeremy-ca" <km1h@jeremy.mv.com>; Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:27:17 -0400; One thing to remember about insulated wire is that it has a velocity factor at RF. If memory serves it is about 97-98% for PVC and Ive no idea about Teflon. Carl KM1H ________________________________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00621.html (8,851 bytes)
9. Re: [TowerTalk] Wire for Quad (score: 1): Author: k2xx <k2xx@swva.net>; Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:03:31 -0400; Jim, you must be referring to Flex-Weave which is supplied by Davis. I believe it is 19 strand. Although it does make for a nice neat looking quad (It handles like cord rather than stiff wire.), it w; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00623.html (10,197 bytes)
10. Re: [TowerTalk] Wire for Quad (score: 1): Author: "Joe Giacobello, K2XX" <k2xx@swva.net>; Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:54:30 -0400; Mike, the owner of erstwhile Lightning Bolt, had solved this problem by designing a wire-to-spreader fastener that consisted of several short pieces of concentric heavy walled synthetic tubing of som; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00628.html (10,056 bytes)
11. Re: [TowerTalk] Wire for Quad (score: 1): Author: "larryjspammenot@teleport.com" <larryj@teleport.com>; Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:44:06 -0700 (GMT-07:00); I lost a few of mine when I took down my LB Quad to move to a new QTH. If anyone has any spares of these wire-to-spreader fastners, I could sure use a few. I could also use a few spreaders, that got; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00631.html (11,989 bytes)
12. Re: [TowerTalk] Wire for Quad (score: 1): Author: John Tait <bravo@iol.ie>; Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:46:34 +0100; That wire sounds good to me Jack. If it's insulated, your elements will be about 2 per cent smaller than for bare wire. Don't connect it in too rigid a fashion at the arms. I use a cheap copy of the; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00634.html (8,941 bytes)
13. [TowerTalk] Wire for Quad (score: 1): Author: Ed Privette <ed@edprivette.com>; Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:32:16 -0400; I have been using a 4 element on a 30 foot boom for more than 20 years and spreader wire was the only consistent problem. Regardless of what you use about every four years a spreader wire is going to; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00635.html (8,407 bytes)
14. Re: [TowerTalk] Wire for Quad (score: 1): Author: "Van K7VS" <wa7fab@cdsnet.net>; Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:56:25 -0700; I used Gem Quads for over 30 years, never had a wire break and use the same stuff they supply with their quads which is simply standard motor rewinding wire you can purchase very reasonable in large; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00642.html (12,757 bytes)
15. Re: [TowerTalk] Wire for Quad (score: 1): Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>; Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:33:43 -0700; Yes, the stuff that I h(and my friends) ave had bad experience with is FlexWeave. Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk m; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00643.html (8,355 bytes)
16. Re: [TowerTalk] Wire for Quad (score: 1): Author: "jeremy-ca" <km1h@jeremy.mv.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:53:04 -0400; Never used a quad but the best wire Ive used for 80/160M dipoles and verticals is good old #12 stranded and insulated electrical wire. Since it is soft drawn you need to cut to approximate length and; /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-06/msg00653.html (14,293 bytes)

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