Topband: Source for durable ladder line?

[Mike Waters]

The late Milt Jensen, N5IA successfully used that wire. It takes custom
matching transformers (which I made for him*), but he told me that those
Beverages worked just as well as his other, wide-spaced Beverages.

AFAIK, his club still has those Beverages up.

*I no longer sell them.

73, Mike
W0BTU

On Sun, Jan 12, 2020, 2:55 PM MU 4CX250B <4cx250b at miamioh.edu> wrote:

> John, I had exactly the same experience as you with the DXE 450 ohm
> ladderline. After two frustrating years of repairs, I finally switched
> it for WD-1/TT mil surplus field telephone wire. I now have four
> lengths of 720 ft each for my beverage antennas, which have been in
> the field for four years, with zero maintenance issues.
>
> On my beverages, the WD-1 is tied to a 4x4 post at each end, and
> routed loosely through holes in ceramic insulators spaced every 60
> feet or so. The wire is indestructible, comes as a twisted pair in
> half-mile spools, and costs about $50 for an unused spool. I tie the
> twisted pair wires together to make a single conductor. It’s extremely
> strong, impervious to the elements, including the high winds and
> intense UV sunlight, here in NM at 7000 ft elevation.
> 73,
> Jim w8zr
>
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