Topband: Source for durable ladder line?

[MU 4CX250B]

Interesting. The parallel lengths of wd1a on my beverages are spaced
about four inches apart. I use the same DXE matching xformers I used
with my DXE ladderline.
73,
Jim w8zr

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> On Jan 12, 2020, at 2:27 PM, Mike Waters <mikewate at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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