Neat, neat, neat.
In 1956, I was given two rolls of what sounds like the same stuff. I've
used it over the years with good success. The only time it has failed was
when it got kinked. The first roll is gone. I have perhaps three-quarters
of the second roll left--not for sale.
73,
Hank, W6SX
On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Pfizenmayer <pfizenmayer@q.com> wrote:
> FWIW ____ There must be copperweld and COPPERWELD - as a kid in about 1953
> I bought a couple 500 foot rolls of #18 "COPPERWELD" at Steinberg Radio in
> downtown Cincinnati -- it is now 2013 and I still now have hung up an 80
> meter dipole which was fed at various times with 300 ohm twinlead , 450
> open wire line , and now coax as an inverted V - its the same 132 feet of
> #18 "COPPERWELD . My guess it was WW2 war surplus .
>
> For the old timers - the center insulator is the one from the old
> Amphenol 300 ohm folded dipole kits !!!! Finally had to glue the strain
> relief piece in place- the shoulder wore off.
>
> I have a 30M dipole and a 12M dipole hanging up off my tower now using the
> same wire but they are mere children , only maybe 5 -10 years old- 30
> whenever WARC started - 12 is only couple years old.
>
> Never had a break. Ohio ,Ill ,Iowa, and now Az since 1970.
>
> And I still have a few hundred feet on the original coil in a box and it
> still shiny as new ?????? NOT FOR SALE.
>
>
> Hank K7HP
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