TopBand: slinky beverage - VK style?

[J.V. Staples, Jr.]

All,
	Use only solid wire. Larger the better. Electric fence wire may also be
used if suspended off ground. Reminder: You are trying to get the max
amount of wire in a min of space using the slinky beverage. For a long wire
beverage to be efficient it should be one to three full wave lengths in
length.
	Question: How rust proof are the factory slinky? Sounds like a lot of good
money going down the drain.
JV


At 06:18 AM 11/14/97 -0500, J.V. Staples, Jr. wrote:
>	Why not make your own. They can be wound on a card board form using a
>lathe or you can hand wind them. Attached a crank to one end of the form
>and mount the form on V blocks on the ends. Have some one feed the wire
>while you crank. You can use what ever size insulated wire you desire. This
>way you can make the coils as long as you want and they can attached in
>series with bullet connectors to obtain the length that you want. Forms
>i.e. rolls can be found at fabric shops, carpet stores etc. Plastic tubes
>i.e. PCV can also be used and would be better because of their strength.
>	When you need to take them up off the ground, slid the wire back over the
>form. The wire may be suspended off the ground but you will need many
>supports.
>GL   JV
>
>
>At 07:08 PM 11/14/97 -0800, Lane C. Zeitler wrote:
>>Steve,
>>Why can't the Perth Toys-R-Us order it from another Toys-R-Us store similar
>>to what HRO and AES do ??
>>
>>Lane
>>KM3G
>>
>>----------
>>> From: Steve Ireland <sire@omen.com.au>
>>> To: topband@contesting.com
>>> Subject: TopBand: slinky beverage - VK style?
>>> Date: Thursday, November 13, 1997 3:06 PM
>>> 
>>> Please, are there any VK 160m operators who have managed to get hold of
>>> Slinkys locally, and if so, where?  The Toys R Us store in Perth says it
>>> doesn't keep them.  There is nothing so frustrating as a good idea, but
>>you
>>> can't get the bits...
>>> 
>>> 73,
>>> 
>>> Steve, VK6VZ
>>> 
>>> 
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