[TowerTalk] Dipole center connector

N4ZR n4zr at comcast.net
Thu Jul 22 21:53:08 EDT 2021


But like so much of what they sell, pricing is exorbitant.  I doubt 
there's $3 in materials there.  I'm not naive enough to think that 
prices depend on costs, but...

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 7/22/2021 6:29 PM, Grant Saviers wrote:
> DX Engineering makes a kit.  Works.  Lasts.
>
> Grant KZ1W
>
> On 7/22/2021 11:30, Jim Brown wrote:
>> On 7/22/2021 10:53 AM, Dave Thompson wrote:
>>> I am looking for a better dipole center connector better than the 
>>> Budwig.  Any ideas?
>>> The Budwig can pull apart.
>>
>> Yes, it's pretty lame in that regard. On the one occasion where I 
>> used it, I didn't use it as a structural component -- tension was 
>> maintained with antenna rope to insulators through which both sides 
>> passed, each seriously clamped, and looping down to the Budwig, where 
>> split-bolts connected them to the Budwig.
>>
>> 73, Jim K9YC
>>
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