I have used pieces of plastic chain.
It costs $1.50 a foot in hardware stores. Buy one foot and use six inches on
each end. Cheap way, but it works.
73
Fred W3ICM
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> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 14:44:45 -0400
> From: Kevin Zembower <kzembower@verizon.net>
> To: TowerTalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Do I need an insulator on the ends of my
> dipole?
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> Thank you all for the suggestions and advice. I never thought it would
> generate so many and such wide ranging responses.
>
> I'll probably go with insulators on the ends of the wire dipole, but
> probably don't need the fins and larger size of the Budwig. I'm thinking
> of just a narrow, thin piece of plexiglass or Lexan, with holes drilled
> in the ends, or a piece of plastic rod, like are often used to adjust
> Venetian blinds. Or, I thought of just 6-12 inches of thicker, 100 lb.
> test monofilament nylon fishing line, tied to a thimble in the wire and
> the other end to the rope. Even when wet, I don't think that would have
> much conductance.
>
> Thanks, again, for all your help.
>
> -Kevin
> KC3KZ
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>> On 6/26/20 2:07 PM, Kevin Zembower wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm replacing my 40/20/10M fan dipole with an even more stealthy one,
>> using small gauge insulated stranded copper-clad steel. The suspension
>> goes from a post in my back yard, to a mast on the peak of my roof, to a
>> tree in the front of the yard. At both ends, there's at least 10 feet of
>> nylon cord.
>>
>> Currently, there's a ceramic insulator at each end of the dipole,
>> between the dipole wire and the nylon cord. Do I need any kind of
>> insulator? Isn't the nylon cord an insulator? I can work out the
>> mechanical stress with thimble eyes. Why do I need an insulator?
>>
>> I only run 100W maximum with my system max.
>>
>> Thanks for your advice and guidance.
>>
>> -Kevin
>> KC3KZ
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 19:58:56 -0400
> From: Ken WA8JXM <wa8jxm@gmail.com>
> To: Kevin Zembower <kzembower@verizon.net>
> Cc: Towertalk <TowerTalk@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Do I need an insulator on the ends of my
> dipole?
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> Cut pieces of plastic clothes hangers and drill holes in the ends for
> cheap, lightweight, hard to see, insulators. That's what I use for
> homemade open wire feedline spacers.
>
> Ken WA8JXM
>
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 2:44 PM Kevin Zembower via TowerTalk <
> towertalk@contesting.com> wrote:
>
>> Thank you all for the suggestions and advice. I never thought it would
>> generate so many and such wide ranging responses.
>>
>> I'll probably go with insulators on the ends of the wire dipole, but
>> probably don't need the fins and larger size of the Budwig. I'm thinking
>> of just a narrow, thin piece of plexiglass or Lexan, with holes drilled
>> in the ends, or a piece of plastic rod, like are often used to adjust
>> Venetian blinds. Or, I thought of just 6-12 inches of thicker, 100 lb.
>> test monofilament nylon fishing line, tied to a thimble in the wire and
>> the other end to the rope. Even when wet, I don't think that would have
>> much conductance.
>>
>> Thanks, again, for all your help.
>>
>> -Kevin
>> KC3KZ
>>
>>> On 6/26/20 2:07 PM, Kevin Zembower wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm replacing my 40/20/10M fan dipole with an even more stealthy one,
>>> using small gauge insulated stranded copper-clad steel. The suspension
>>> goes from a post in my back yard, to a mast on the peak of my roof, to a
>>> tree in the front of the yard. At both ends, there's at least 10 feet of
>>> nylon cord.
>>>
>>> Currently, there's a ceramic insulator at each end of the dipole,
>>> between the dipole wire and the nylon cord. Do I need any kind of
>>> insulator? Isn't the nylon cord an insulator? I can work out the
>>> mechanical stress with thimble eyes. Why do I need an insulator?
>>>
>>> I only run 100W maximum with my system max.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your advice and guidance.
>>>
>>> -Kevin
>>> KC3KZ
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> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2020 15:48:45 +0000
> From: W1JCW John <W1JCW@hotmail.com>
> To: "towertalk@contesting.com" <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Buck stop Model 54V116S1
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> For Sale
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> https://buckinghammfg.com/products/buck-stop-5vv124s1/
>
> For full body harness with steel ring dorsal attachment.
>
> Length-6ft.
>
> Meets ASTM F887 Electric ARC
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> New in package $120 plus shipping.
>
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> 73-
> W1JCW
> John
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