Yes, and after a year or two in the sun the nylon rots and flakes off
and changes the RF length a bit with less insulation thickness.
For me the DavisRF polyethylene insulated copperweld stranded steel is
the Cadillac solution. It survives coastal environments. As good but
much cheaper is bare aluminum electric fencing wire 9 or 12 1/2 ga, buy
it 1k ft to 1/4 mile at a time. Easy to kink so I use it for antennas
and elevated radials that go up and stay up. 1/4 mile of 12 1/2 ga is
$60 at Home Depot. 500# break.
Grant KZ1W
On 8/6/2017 9:30 AM, David Gallatin via TowerTalk wrote:
THHN is in no way meant for use as exterior antenna wire. The nylon (N) coating is thin and stiff.
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-------- Original message --------
From: john@kk9a.com
Date: 08/06/2017 11:06 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Wire antenna in trees? (Patrick Greenlee) (Kelly
Taylor)
What is the advantage of this wire over THHN? Flex-weave has hundreds of
copper strands, each strand is very small diameter.
John KK9A
To: W1TR@yccc.org
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Wire antenna in trees? (Patrick Greenlee)
(Kelly Taylor) (Jim Brown)
From: Mickey Baker <fishflorida@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2017 11:39:01 -0400
Here in Florida where high winds are fairly common, I use the Davis
FlexWeave insulated wire and, in the case of loops, "float" the wire,
allowing it to slide through insulators at the corners. I terminate it at
the ends with dipoles and use 5/16" UV stabilized Dacron line through
pulleys to weights keeping it taught. When the trees I use as supports
sway, the weights go up and down, keeping a standard load on the wire and
moving the friction point a bit to avoid single point wear.
It has been up over two years now, gale force winds on a number of
occasions and no failures! (Knock wood.)
Tough wire. Same as or similar to Wireman Silky.
73,
Mickey N4MB
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