Military dipole center insulators are sealed and the coax goes inside, thus
eliminating the connector problems.
Chuck W5PR
-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike Rhodes
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 11:30 AM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Dipole Center Insulator
Careful Gary. You are showing your 'vintage'. =) Actually, The Wireman had
one of those lying on his table at Dayton a few years ago and could not
believe the number of 'hams' that asked what the heck it was...
Mike / W8DN
Gary Schafer wrote:
> Maybe I am missing something here? Why would anyone want to use a
> center connector on a dipole with a PL259 coax connector? Seems like
> you create a lot more problems keeping water out of the coax with that
> kind of connector hanging out there. And you pay money for it.
> Why not use a regular center insulator with the coax wrapped a turn
> around it where the end of the coax is pointing down.
>
> 73
> Gary K4FMX
>
> Pete Smith wrote:
>
>> The Budwig RF-1 gets my vote. I use 4 of them in an 80m wire array
>> that has very high tension on the center insulator. 7 years so far
>> with no sign of a problem from them.
>>
>> Cheap, too
>>
>> 73, Pete N4ZR
>>
>>
>>
>> At 08:47 PM 12/17/2004, you wrote:
>>
>>> I am rebuilding a multiband dipole and am looking for
>>> recommendations on the strongest center insulator with an SO-239
connector.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> John S.
>>> AA0ES
>>>
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