[TowerTalk] Wire for Quad

Tue Jun 19 17:44:06 EDT 2007

I lost a few of mine when I took down my LB Quad to move to a new QTH. If anyone has any spares of these wire-to-spreader fastners, I could sure use a few. I could also use a few spreaders, that got damaged.

LJ

-----Original Message-----
>From: "Joe Giacobello, K2XX" <k2xx at swva.net>
>Sent: Jun 19, 2007 1:54 PM
>To: Bill Turner <dezrat at copper.net>
>Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Wire for Quad
>
>Mike, the owner of erstwhile Lightning Bolt, had solved this problem by
>designing a wire-to-spreader fastener that consisted of several short
>pieces of concentric heavy walled synthetic tubing of some sort (I
>believe the outer tubing was truck air brake lining.).  The tubing
>assembly was mounted on the band of a hose clamp by another short piece
>of concentric tubing, if I recollect correctly.  The flexible concentric
>tubings were mounted to the spreaders with the hose clamp and the quad
>wire passed through the  tubings.  It made for a nice neat, taut
>assembly and the positions of the wires could be adjusted easily by just
>moving the hose clamp and without drilling holes.  They worked and
>continue to work very well.
>
>His wife used to make them up for him and he sold them for about
>$1.50-2.00 each.
>
>73, Joe
>K2XX
>
>Bill Turner wrote:
>> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
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>> On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:05:51 -0400, "Bob Maser"
>> <bmaser at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
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>>> Teflon covered stranded is used by many.  How you fasten it to the spreaders 
>>> is VERY important.
>>>     
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>> ------------ REPLY FOLLOWS ------------
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>> Interesting thought about the Teflon. 
>>
>> And fastening is indeed important. Ideally you want some kind of
>> strain relief so the wire does not flex from a hard point. How you do
>> that, I'm not sure other than making the holes through the spreaders
>> with a gentle curve as opposed to a sharp edge. 
>>
>> I had a four element quad up for six years and it was a fantastic
>> performer, but when the wires started breaking I took it down and put
>> up a triband yagi with a single feedline and no moving parts. It does
>> not play as well but it's good enough and I sleep better. 
>>
>> The Alpha 89 helps too. :-)
>>
>> Bill W6WRT
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