Martin,
When I discovered how tarnished the flexweave wire had become,
after a break in my 80M delta loop, soldering was not going to be
an option. Instead, I used a small copper split-bolt (like the
electricians use for entrance cables) with 7/16" head and nut. The
compression fit did a perfect job, and there will be no galvanic
action in the outdoors.
73 bill n4lg
At 04:07 PM 12/28/2007, Martin Ewing AA6E wrote:
>I've got some dipoles built from Flex-weave wire -- stranded with
>zillions of small conductors. The wire is indeed very flexible,
>but I
>need to shorten one of my antennas. The problem is that the
>copper is
>weathered pretty well by now, and it can't be soldered as it
>is. (This
>is the downside of stranded antenna wire -- it turns into Litz wire
>after a while, you can't be sure the current divides equally, etc.)
>
>So the Big Question: What's a simple, efficient way to clean the
>oxide
>off finely stranded wire in the field? I've tried abrasive methods
>(sandpaper, knife blades), but they don't do well. Do you know
>any good
>tricks?
>
>If nothing better comes along, I will try acid. That should be
>effective, but it's not user friendly.
>
>TIA / 73 / New Year's greetings,
>
>Martin AA6E
>_______________________________________________
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>TowerTalk mailing list
>TowerTalk@contesting.com
>http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
TowerTalk mailing list
TowerTalk@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
|