On 8/8/2014 4:54 PM, Gary Schafer wrote:
I had miles of the stuff from when they took the old line out only it
had no copper coating. It was strong enough to use for guys on the
poles. The poles were good for nothing but fire wood. In the early
days, I used it for many wire antennas. I had lots of wire and little
money. They worked and I didn't know there was a better way. Wish I
had those hundreds, or maybe thousands of green insulators. They'd be
worth a small fortune. <:-))
BTW My dad and I did the line work. I still have the old test set which
was a magneto, hand set, and pickup loop in a heavy leather case
73
Roger (K8RI)
I have lots of old copper clad telephone wire that I want to use for radials
and antenna wire. This is the stuff that is bare and went from pole to pole
for old telephone lines. It is not the insulated drop wire.
When you cut it, it looks like copper all the way thru but it will attract a
magnet.
I want to use this stuff on the low bands (160, 80, and 40).
Is there a way to measure/determine how thick the copper layer is?
Measure the resistance, wind a small coil and measure Q?
Thanks,
Gary K4FMX
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Roger (K8RI)
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