[TowerTalk] Long Wire Sag

[Wayne Kline]

“ copperweld” a trad name for a product of Steel wire that’s copperclad.  Much heaver  copperclad welding wire.

 I too years ago was given a 5 mile roll of #12 ga.  Relinquished from the local Railroad comunacation depot.



WO a Bear to work with and not a one man job.   It like wresteling a anaconda as you unroll it and what ever you DO not let it get loose. READ vary dangerious.



  Temanation can be a  challenge  read wire bugs for the win..





Wayne W3EA





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From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces at contesting.com> on behalf of Ken <wa8jxm at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 10:37:36 PM
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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Long Wire Sag

I see you are not capitalizing "copperweld".  Copperweld is actually a
trademark and company name.  Most of what I see advertised is "copper
clad steel" and I wonder if the cheap wire we buy has thinner specs than
true Copperweld.  OTOH, I see that Copperweld has been acquired and is
now headquartered in China, so maybe (or maybe not) capitalized
Copperweld does not live up to it's old reputation.

Speaking of 70 year old Copperweld, when I was a young ham in high
school (50+ years ago) I received an "antenna kit" from MARS.  It was
for a rhombic and included a 5200ft roll of 3 strand #12 Copperweld.  I
still have some of it left.

Ken WA8JXM

On 3/11/19 6:38 AM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
> I've been told a lot of the copperweld problems today are due to
> modern copperweld plating being cheap and no where near the thickness
> of your dad's copperweld.  The wire from say, 70 years ago is
> nonexistent now and what you buy today has minimal copper.  It's kind
> of like the difference between steel hardware from the store that's
> been zinc electroplated, and the good hot dip galvanized hardware from
> manufacturers like Rohn.
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