Hello Jim.
Your experience with Flexweave does not match my experience. I had an
inverted vee up using flexweave and it was up for 8 years until I took
it down and we do get some hellacious winds here in the PNW.
I was and am looking for the surplus military type wire more for
portable operations and that is why it is #22 or so. Someone suggested
that it is copperweld wire that I am looking for. I certainly hope not
as I will never use that stuff again!
Thank you.
Jim Pruitt
WA7DUY
On 9/27/2023 11:02 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
On 9/27/2023 9:52 PM, Jim Pruitt wrote:
I wonder if anyone can tell me what the wire is called that were used
in several military surplus wire antennas. It was like flexweave but
was a bronze copper wire (I thought) and about #22awg or so.
Don't know about that, but for almost 20 years, I've been buying the
500 ft spools of #8 bare copper from the big box stores, and
stretching it to approximate #9 hard drawn copper.
I tried several configurations of Flex Weave about 20 years ago, and
built several antennas with it. All were on the ground within a year.
Another OT ham bought some and had the same results.
73, Jim K9YC
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