TopBand: BEVERAGE ANTENNA WIRE

[Heinz Blankenhagen]

I have used this wire for several years and agree it is ideal for beverage
antennas. I have about two miles of it up each winter.  Fair Radio Sales,
Lima, Ohio usually has it.  It may become scarce now that you have given
away the secret. HI
73 de Heinz, NR0X

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> From: BILL, VE3CSK <vertex@execulink.com>
> To: topband@contesting.com
> Subject: TopBand: BEVERAGE ANTENNA WIRE
> Date: Friday, January 30, 1998 7:56 PM
> 
> I ran across what looks like a great source of very good wire for
erecting
> Beverage antennas.  With the days of "wired" communication all but done
in
> the military, large spools of telephone wire are beginning to show up on
the
> surplus market.  The stuff I found originally came on a roll of about a
> mile, two conductor twisted (yes Herman-you must untwist it!).
> 
> Now, here is the best part.  This stuff is LIGHT, about 18 ga, coated
with a
> VERY durable black insulating material, and the wire solders beautifully.
> It is STRONG (a double strand (4 wires) 12 feet long pulled my mini van
out
> of deep snow).  Being insulated helps eliminate static buildup from snow.
> Even better: the coating appears NOT TO ALLOW MUCH ICE TO BUILD UP ON
> IT-freezing rain seems to slide off (coated with TEFLON???)
> 
> I obtained a "small" spool of about 1500 feet for $25 CDN.  The large and
> full spools seem to come from the USMC and were used in Vietnam?-hence
the
> coating on the wire.  My spool came from a fleamarket, but the seller
told
> me he saw a surplus place advertising it.
> 
> Now, does anyone know WHICH surplus place has this stuff for sale?  We
need
> it up here in Canookyland where mega-ice storms are a regular occurrence
> (and a quad is a 6 pack that somebody got to before you!).
> 
> If anyone knows and wishes to tell, please share.
> 
> 73, Bill
> 
> 
> 
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