[TowerTalk] Power rating of Budwig HQ-1?

[Hardy Landskov]

Barry,
My experience has been these insulators are ok for a couple of years but
they eventually go bad (I think they absorb water). My SWR started to
change and then got real bad. Replaced the Budwig with a homemade one I
made out of Lexan block and a coax connector and that solved the problem. I
would stay away from them.
Hardy, N7RT


At 08:24 PM 1/7/2008 +0000, Barry wrote:
>I'm troubleshooting one of my 80m slopers which has some kind of 
>intermittent in it.  I've eliminated the coax and relay box, as when I 
>connect a dummy load to the end of the coax, it's fine.
>
>The sloper is copperweld, with a Budwig HQ-1 center insulator.  If 
>you're not familiar with it, take a look here: 
>http://www.budwig.com/antenna_connector_and_insulators.htm
>I wonder if I fried this center insulator - I was running a KW on 80m at 
>the time my Acom amp indicated an arc fault.  There is no power rating 
>in the specs, which makes me wonder about it. 
>
>Does anyone have any experience with these center insulators and what 
>their power rating might be?
>Tnx,
>Barry W2UP
>
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>Barry Kutner, W2UP             Newtown, PA   
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