Topband: Base Insulators for Verticals

Tue Jun 27 11:36:46 EDT 2006

At 08:41 PM 6/26/06, Robert Seymour wrote:
>Needed - Base insulator Information for upgrading my low ban vertical.  I checked the archives and found references to Antenna Mart but the owner passed away so that source is no longer available.

I have used old power line insulators. They will hold a whole tower. Pix of the 160m driven element here under "towers.": www.aa1k.us. I have four towers using similar insulators. One set had been lightning arrestors and I removed the carbon guts before installing.

73/Jon AA1K 