Bill, In the UK Nevada Radio sells a 3.2 mm diameter Kevlar rope centred rope
covered by a tinned copper braid and tough insulation. It seems to hold up
well, is easy to work with, has minimum wind load and is light weight. I am
sure the equivalent is available in the States. It is worth trying.73 Doug
EI2CNSent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
-------- Original message --------From: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist"
<richard@karlquist.com> Date: 09/09/2020 19:00 (GMT+00:00) To: William
Osborne <wosborne44@gmail.com>, towertalk@contesting.com Subject: Re:
[TowerTalk] Wire Rope Stainless steel is exceptionally lossy at RF. There
areno specs on just how bad the loss is, so you take yourchances if you use it.
Copperweld would be a muchbetter "unbreakable" solution. That's what its
madefor.Rick N6RKOn 9/9/2020 10:22 AM, William Osborne wrote:> Has anyone used
SS wire rope for an antenna conductor in a wire antenna such as 80-10 OCFD? I
use trees for supports and want to end the breaking problem due to wind swaying
thew trees.> > > Thanks,> Bill..K5ZQ>
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