Topband: Insulator problems

[Shoppa, Tim]

Some of the old-school ham radio suppliers sell/stock Daburn porcelain insulators, or you can get them direct from Daburn.  e.g. Daburn 10-52: http://www.daburn.com/10-58ceramicfeed-thruinsulators.aspx

Tim N3QE
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From: Topband [topband-bounces at contesting.com] on behalf of Herb Schoenbohm [herbs at vitelcom.net]
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 2:19 PM
To: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Insulator problems

My 160 meter ATU uses an old military box with the  original behive feed
thru insulator that is starting to crumble.  I haven't been able to find
a pocelin feed thu of that size (about 3'') and the ones on e bay are
very small.  Any suggestions for a source?


Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ









On 12/17/2013 3:09 PM, W9UCW at aol.com wrote:
> When I lost my last set of monster buss bar ceramic  insulators to breakage
> due to a broken guy line on the tower, I replaced them  with artificial
> wood. I used 4 X 4's. It machines easily and works flawlessly  wet or dry with
> full power even in very high voltage conditions. The material is  actually
> made from recycled milk containers, so the factory told me. Anyone who  wants
> a picture, I'll send it to you.
> 73, Barry W9UCW
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