Topband: Materials for Beverages?

Wed Aug 4 08:57:49 EDT 2021

I've been using black and yellow screw in insulators to support beverage
wires for years with no problems....well, with the insulators that
is...plenty of problems with falling trees, etc.
73,
Ken - K4XL

On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 6:46 PM Grant Saviers <grants2 at pacbell.net> wrote:

> 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
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> >
> > Toda
> > Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2021 16:35:47 -0400
> > From: Gene Smar <ersmar at verizon.net>
> > To: topband at contesting.com
> > Subject: Topband: Fwd: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Amazon recommends "Zareba
> >          ITY-Z Standard..." and more
> > Message-ID: <78ef5d0e-0d78-c118-0819-e5ccc2dd72f3 at verizon.net>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
> >
> > FYI.? Materials for Beverages?
> >
> > 73 de
> > Gene Smar? AD3F
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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