[TowerTalk] Tuned Feeders

[Bill Coleman AA4LR]

On 10/1/97 14:56, PaulKB8N@aol.com at PaulKB8N@aol.com wrote:

>I've been making my own feedline for the last year and am quite satisfied
>with the results.  I make my own spacers by cutting up plastic hangers
>available at WalMart (usually 10 for 88 cents).  This plastic is very light,
>but has very good dielectric properties and seems to weather well.  I've used
>spacer widths from about 2" to 5".  I groove the ends by cutting a 1/4" cut
>with a hack saw blade and inserting the wire into the slot.

How do you keep the wire in the slot? What's to prevent the wire from 
just popping out?

How often do you put a spacer? What kind of wire?



Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr@radio.org
Quote: "Not in a thousand years will man ever fly!"
            -- Wilbur Wright, 1901


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