Re: Topband: Source for durable ladder line?

[Wes <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>]

Other than measuring some of the stuff years ago I have no real experience with 
it, but you might look here: 
https://thewireman.com/product-category/feed-lines/ladder-line/
Wes  N7WS

On 1/12/2020 8:26 AM, John Kaufmann via Topband wrote:
> I'm looking for a source for durable ladder line for making two-wire
> reversible Beverages for use at the KC1XX contest station.  In the past
> we've used the line sold by DX Engineering but over the years we've found
> that the plastic spacers between the wires become brittle and break off.  It
> may be UV exposure that causes this.  We also get some pretty severe weather
> at KC1XX hilltop location, with ice in the winter and frequent strong winds.
> The spacer breakage sometimes exposes the wires, which then become twisted,
> and the ladder line generally becomes weakened and prone to wire breakage.
>
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> What else is available commercially?
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> 73, John W1FV
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