Topband: Materials for Beverages?

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I use the black screw-in plastic insulators for Beverage wire supports on poles, and ceramic strain insulators for the wire ends. The high voltages likely on the ends of elevated radials of transmitting antennas do not trouble the ceramic electric fence strain insulators. For my two-wire Beverages, I use a long coach screw through two ceramic barrel insulators where I use a tree for an intermediate support. This maintains the spacing, about 1.5”. I secure the wires with a bit of tie wire, not too tight, to allow the wires to slide when the tree moves.
My local hardware/farm supply store is the source for most of my wire antenna stuff. It’s very convenient.
73, Luke VK3HJ

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From: Grant Saviers
Sent: Wednesday, 4 August 2021 8:46 AM
To: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Materials for Beverages?

N7QT & I verified that black ring screw-in insulators are too conductive 
for one or two transmit radials on 160m.  Lot's of arcs and smoke.  I 
now use the yellow 4" long barb wire insulators screwed to trees to 
support 160m elevated Tx radials.

Black may not be a problem with Beverage field strengths.

Grant KZ1W

On 8/3/2021 11:16, Tim Duffy wrote:
> Two things concern me about black. UV and possible carbon used to color
> black - which may be conductive at RF frequencies
> 
> 73
> Tim K3LR
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces+k3lr=k3lr.com at contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of Drew Vonada-Smith
> Sent: Tuesday, August 3, 2021 1:02 PM
> To: topband at contesting.com
> Subject: Topband: Materials for Beverages?
> 
> Gene,
> 
> I have used those and others in that series with only fair results.  They do
> break more often than I'd like.  I replace about 10% of them per year, which
> is acceptable given that they are cheap. But I have not found anything
> better.
> 
> FYI - I'd be happy to use black ones, but have never seen them.  My local
> farm store carries the exact same bright yellow ones you listed.  A link to
> a "preferred type" would be welcome.  I'm a bit of a birder and have not
> heard of any hummingbird death issues.  References?
> 
> 73,
> Drew K3PA
> 
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> Toda
> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2021 16:35:47 -0400
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> FYI.? Materials for Beverages?
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> 73 de
> Gene Smar? AD3F
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