[TowerTalk] PEX tubing for antenna spacers?

[W2RU - Bud Hippisley]

What’s wrong with these?  I’ve been using these for at least five years, and they’re fantastic:  light-weight, minimal wind resistance, and UV-resistant.  Mine are spaced every 18” on my open-wire lines.

http://www.73cnc.com/product_p/ls100.htm <http://www.73cnc.com/product_p/ls100.htm>

Bud, W2RU


> On Mar 12, 2016, at 11:28 45AM, Larry Banks <larryb.w1dyj at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Has anyone used 1/2” PEX tubing (normally used for plumbing) as a spacer for open-wire line or fan-dipoles?  (PEX is cross-linked polyethylene.)  
> 
> It is cheap in 5’ lengths, easy to work, and passes the microwave oven test, so it isn’t conductive.  (The white stuff that I have microwave tested is not UV resistant, so there is a question about how long it will last outside.)
> 
> As it is very light weight and seems to be fairly rigid, it looks like a good candidate for this purpose.  Any experience with this stuff out there? 
> 
> 73 -- Larry -- W1DYJ