[TowerTalk] Re: cheap insulators for open wire line

[k6ll@juno.com]

On Thu, 20 Apr 2000 11:47:52 -0400 Bill Coleman AA4LR <aa4lr@radio.org>
writes:
> The hard question about open wire line is - what to use for 
> insulators?

Plastic coathangers are 10 cents each. You can get a bunch of insulators
from each coathanger. Set up a little drilling pattern, alternating
little hole, big hole, little hole (o O o      o O o) in the straight
pieces of the coathanger. Then, using a diagonal cutter, cut in the
center
of each big hole, which will leave a slot for the feedline wires. The
tie-wires go in the little holes. You can make 'em as long as you like.
Once you get the hang of drilling, you can knock them out by the gross.


Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ
K6LL@juno.com

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