[TowerTalk] Dipole Center Insulator

[Mike Rhodes]

Careful Gary. You are showing your 'vintage'. =) Actually, The Wireman 
had one of those lying on his table at Dayton a few years ago and could 
not believe the number of 'hams' that asked what the heck it was...

Mike / W8DN

Gary Schafer wrote:
> Maybe I am missing something here? Why would anyone want to use a center 
> connector on a dipole with a PL259 coax connector? Seems like you create 
> a lot more problems keeping water out of the coax with that kind of 
> connector hanging out there. And you pay money for it.
> Why not use a regular center insulator with the coax wrapped a turn 
> around it where the end of the coax is pointing down.
> 
> 73
> Gary K4FMX
> 
> Pete Smith wrote:
> 
>> The Budwig RF-1 gets my vote.  I use 4 of them in an 80m wire array 
>> that has very high tension on the center insulator.  7 years so far 
>> with no sign of a problem from them.
>>
>> Cheap, too
>>
>> 73, Pete N4ZR
>>
>>
>>
>> At 08:47 PM 12/17/2004, you wrote:
>>
>>> I am rebuilding a multiband dipole and am looking for recommendations on
>>> the strongest center insulator with an SO-239 connector.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> John S.
>>> AA0ES
>>>
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