[TowerTalk] UV resistant wire ties

Chuck Smallhouse w7cs at theriver.com
Fri May 30 19:38:11 EDT 2014


Good old bailing wire, if you can find it any more, will stand the 
test of time and the sun.  It may get a bit rusty but it will hold 
indefinitely and is soft enough, that you can twist it with your 
hands, if need be.

OTOH, if Steve needs non conductive, the house wire that Gerald 
recommends, if you use care and don't damage the insulation, would do.

I've never found any plastic/nylon type of wire wraps that have held 
up for any period of use, even in the Bay Area or let alone the warm 
AZ weather.  Even the black UV impervious ones.  Wrapping in 
electrical or even Gorilla duct tape does not hold up here.

BTW, What is a source for strong antenna wire that has UV protecting 
insulation.  Maybe like stranded Copper Weld.  It would be used in 
unsupported lengths of maybe > 300 feet ?

73,  Chuck,  W7CS




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