[Towertalk] Teflon - Part 2

[Richard Karlquist]

You can get Teflon from McMaster-Carr.

Rick Karlquist    N6RK
richard@karlquist.com
www.n6rk.com
www.karlquist.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-admin@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Tod-Idaho
> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 8:57 PM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [Towertalk] Teflon - Part 2
>
>
> Sorry guys, I probably should have stated what I wanted to
> do rather than
> simply asking for sources.
>
> I do NOT want to use the Teflon as a bearing. I have a
> couple of HyTowers
> one of which is in place already. I have in mind making
> them usable on 160
> meter with a loading coil in series with the 'stinger'
> rather than the
> configuration that uses a 40 meter trap attached to the top
> of the tower
> section and extended with a 105 foot horizontal wire to
> make an inverted L
> on 160. HyGain, in the instruction manual, warned that more
> than 300 watts
> into the 'stinger' coil loaded version would have problems
> (presumably from
> arcing at the points where the 'stinger' goes through the
> rotor plate and
> the top plate of the tower).
>
> In an effort to avoid discovering in December or January
> during an Idaho
> blizzard and a 160 meter contest that I have burned a hole
> in the ABS
> insulator currently used in the HyTower, I thought I would
> see if there was
> a way to put some really good insulating material between
> the 'stinger' and
> the tower. Teflon came to mind, hence the question on where
> to purchase some
> in various forms. (I would be delighted to have someone
> locate some that is
> surplus and presumably price reduced).
>
> At this point I will be happy to accept suggestions for
> finding Teflon (some
> suggestions have already arrived) as well as suggestions on
> how to avoid the
> problem --- Teflon or something else. <<Reducing power is
> NOT an desirable
> choice>>.
>
> Tod, KØTO
>
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