“ copperweld” a trad name for a product of Steel wire that’s copperclad. Much
heaver copperclad welding wire.
I too years ago was given a 5 mile roll of #12 ga. Relinquished from the
local Railroad comunacation depot.
WO a Bear to work with and not a one man job. It like wresteling a anaconda
as you unroll it and what ever you DO not let it get loose. READ vary
dangerious.
Temanation can be a challenge read wire bugs for the win..
Wayne W3EA
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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Long Wire Sag
I see you are not capitalizing "copperweld". Copperweld is actually a
trademark and company name. Most of what I see advertised is "copper
clad steel" and I wonder if the cheap wire we buy has thinner specs than
true Copperweld. OTOH, I see that Copperweld has been acquired and is
now headquartered in China, so maybe (or maybe not) capitalized
Copperweld does not live up to it's old reputation.
Speaking of 70 year old Copperweld, when I was a young ham in high
school (50+ years ago) I received an "antenna kit" from MARS. It was
for a rhombic and included a 5200ft roll of 3 strand #12 Copperweld. I
still have some of it left.
Ken WA8JXM
On 3/11/19 6:38 AM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
> I've been told a lot of the copperweld problems today are due to
> modern copperweld plating being cheap and no where near the thickness
> of your dad's copperweld. The wire from say, 70 years ago is
> nonexistent now and what you buy today has minimal copper. It's kind
> of like the difference between steel hardware from the store that's
> been zinc electroplated, and the good hot dip galvanized hardware from
> manufacturers like Rohn.
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