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[TowerTalk] Best wire (Was: Who makes Flexweave wire)

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Best wire (Was: Who makes Flexweave wire)
From: w5kp@swbell.net (Jerry Kincade)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 12:28:25 -0800
Yup, mine was too, never seen any that was steel inside. Mine was from Radio
Works in Virginia. I'd sure like it if the jacket were "harder", but I guess
then it wouldn't be as flexible. Sigh.
73, Jerry W5KP

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Ayers" <w2fca@qsl.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 8:35 AM
Subject: RE: Re: [TowerTalk] Best wire (Was: Who makes Flexweave wire)


>
>
> The #12 flexweave that I got was 100 percent copper.
>
> Frank
> W2FCA
>
>
> >At 09:47 AM 12/11/01 -0500, Barry wrote:
> >
> >I had a problem with flexweave, too, on my 80m slopers.
> >The strands abraded each other as it swayed it the
> >breeze, rubbing off enough copper to expose the steel
> >core. This rusted and eventually broke.
> >Average lifespan for me 2 years.
>
>
>
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