Topband: . Re: PTFE wire supplier

[David Olean]

This is one reason that I am crying over the recent closing of ESS 
Surplus in Manchester, NH. They had surplus wire at $3 per pound, and 
they would take into account the weight of the spool, so the real price 
was more like $2.50 per pound. If I saw teflon wire, I would buy it. 
They would get the wire from excess stock from defense contractors in 
the area. I know that BAE Systems sold their scrap to them.  I bought 
all 15,000 ft of my 160 meter vertical radial wire from them.  Years 
ago, before BAE Systems, and Lockheed ran the plant, the place in Nashua 
NH was Sanders Associates and I would go to their sealed bid surplus 
auctions. It was so much of a hassle for them to document and keep track 
of wire spools that they did not even bother to put it up for auction. I 
remember one day going over to pick up some old surplus test gear that I 
won at auction. The warehouse guy showed me a huge pile of wire and said 
to help myself. I went through and picked up spools of different color 
teflon wire. I was not greedy and left plenty for others. Some reels 
were full. Others were partially or mostly used. I did get one new and 
full reel of 1500 ft of RG-316 small teflon double shielded silver braid 
coax. I looked up the price then, and it was well over $2000 for the 
roll, and it was being thrown out. He also offered me any relay rack 
that I wanted as they could not get rid of them, so it was all going in 
the dump! Some of the racks were very nice.

I sure miss those days!

Dave K1WHS

On 2/7/2020 8:56 PM, Kriss Alan Kliegle KA1GJU wrote:
> Welcome to the world of aviation prices!
> https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/elpages/unshieldlwire.php?clickkey=3524
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> They have other wire available too.
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> 73 Kriss KA1GJU
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