[TowerTalk] re Antenna wire source?

Pete Smith N4ZR pete.n4zr at gmail.com
Thu Sep 28 10:04:24 EDT 2023


I have done this but was dissuaded because of the rusting of the steel 
conductor (one steel and one copper).  Typically that resulted in bolted 
connections (like on a ground plate) becoming loose and intermittent.

73, Pete N4ZR

On 9/28/2023 8:57 AM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> You could use WD-1A and connect the two conductors together.
>
> John KK9A
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> Jim Pruitt WA7DUY
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> I wonder if anyone can tell me what the wire is called that were used in
> several military surplus wire antennas. It was like flexweave but was a
> bronze copper wire (I thought) and about #22awg or so.  I would like to
> find some of this but no clue what it is called let alone a possible source.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Jim Pruitt
> WA7DUY
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