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[TowerTalk] PEX tubing for antenna spacers?

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Subject: [TowerTalk] PEX tubing for antenna spacers?
From: "Larry Banks" <larryb.w1dyj@verizon.net>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 11:28:45 -0500
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Hi All,

Has anyone used 1/2” PEX tubing (normally used for plumbing) as a spacer for 
open-wire line or fan-dipoles?  (PEX is cross-linked polyethylene.)  

It is cheap in 5’ lengths, easy to work, and passes the microwave oven test, so 
it isn’t conductive.  (The white stuff that I have microwave tested is not UV 
resistant, so there is a question about how long it will last outside.)

As it is very light weight and seems to be fairly rigid, it looks like a good 
candidate for this purpose.  Any experience with this stuff out there? 

73 -- Larry -- W1DYJ

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