[TowerTalk] LADDER LINE

[n8de at thepoint.net]

The local metal shop purchases large quantities of drill bits.
They come in plastic tubes about 6" long and 1/2" diameter.
Quite easy to work with and make great open-wire insulators.

They THROW THE TUBES away, so just ask them to save some for you.

Got 37 the last time I asked.  That was ONE DAY's trash.
73
Don
N8DE

Quoting CRAIG CLARK <jcclark at wildblue.net>:

> WHAT IS THE BEST LADDER LINE?
>
> Commercially, only one company makes ladderline these days so ............
> it is the best.
>
> Here is the URL you can go and look at the different styles JSC makes.
>
> http://www.radio-ware.com/products/ladder.htm
>
> It is PVC window line and the last manufacturer to make a true ladderline,
> Saxton, shut down many years ago.
>
> I have used dowels boiled in paraffin and hard drawn copper wire to make
> mine. The PVC pipe version works too.
>
> I favor the stranded wire versions as it is more resistant to damage from
> continuous flexing. That said, I used #18 single strand CC steel windowline
> for a number of years with an end fed Zepp and was quite pleased with it's
> performance.
>
>
> Craig Clark K1QX
> Radioware
> PO Box 209
> Rindge NH 03461
> 603 899 6957
>
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