[TowerTalk] Re. Phillystran

[Barry Kutner]

It was replaced with the "new, improved" Phillystran. Nothing wrong 
with the old stuff, but the potting compound was sort of a pain to 
work with. I have the old Philly on my tower, and the potting 
compound/end terminators look fine after 10 years.
73 Barry

On 2 Mar 00, AA6DX wrote:

> 
> Query .. back in `84-85 and like that, ham dealers would carry Phillystran,
> and have on hand a kit that would "pot" the connectors, so that they could
> fabricate the lengths required for the job at hand.  Is that still an
> option, or did that system prove unreliable, or .. what?
> 73 ... Mark, AA6DX
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <K7LXC@aol.com>
> > In a message dated 03/01/2000 9:46:19 PM Pacific Standard Time, DonaldTenn
> > writes:
> >
> > > Actually, there are several dealers of the product. The biggest problem
> I
> > > have found is waiting 6-8 weeks for the product. I am not a dealer but
> even
> > I
> > > have about 6 lengths 70'-100' x 3/8" in stock. What is it that you are
> > > actually looking for?
> >
> >       95% of ham tower usage is either 3/16" EHS equivalent (HPTG4000) or
> > 1/4" EHS (HPTG6700). That's what Texas Towers and Burghardt stock. In
> > addition, Texas Towers stocks 5/16" EHS equivalent (HPTG11200) for REAL
> manly
> > installations.
> >
> >       I'm pretty sure that any other "dealers" do not stock the
> Phillystran
> > but get it per length from the factory where it is made to order. Reels of
> > 4000 and 6700 hold 10,000 feet of Phillystran.
> >
> > Cheers,   Steve   K7LXC
> > Tower Tech
> 
> 
> 
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