[TowerTalk] Best Coax

[Pressley W Jones]

Hey Bill - many solutions - none very hard! We use 1/4 in teflon rod,
fiberglass rod - tongue depressors cooked in paraffin - PVC tubing or
pipe, wooden dowel(also paraffined) - even no insulators, just two wires
under tension for 20-50 ft.

Of great interest, for a good fast, easy, and cheap solution, however, is
the "window" stuff in polyethylene - now readily available in four types
from 10 to 25 cents a foot. VP is within 1-3 percentage points of the
best homebrew "labor of love" material you can make.
  
73,


Press Jones, N8UG - The Wireman, Inc., 261 Pittman Rd, Landrum, SC 29356
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Tech help 864-895-4195, fax 864-895-5811.Full catalog, images,
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On Thu, 20 Apr 2000 11:47:52 -0400 Bill Coleman AA4LR <aa4lr@radio.org>
writes:
> 
> On 4/11/00 7:32 AM, K7GCO@aol.com at K7GCO@aol.com wrote:
> 
> >I've used home made open wire line for 
> >over 60 years and the proper tuners for the least loss, cost, easy 
> to 
> >repair, 
> >doesn't need a balun, the very low loss never changes (I use 
> insulated wire) 
> >and I never have to replace it even after 60 years.  It's making a 
> comeback.
> 
> The hard question about open wire line is - what to use for 
> insulators?
> 
> 
> 
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr@radio.org
> Quote: "Boot, you transistorized tormentor! Boot!"
>             -- Archibald Asparagus, VeggieTales
> 
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