[UK-CONTEST] Enamelled wire -vs- Flexweave

[Nigel]

I would suggest that you try a sailing shop There you will get the bungee 
cord. Remember though that if you have 15 kg in weight it will be divided up 
as there are four supports. I only use about 4 feet of bungee on each 
support  so you do not need long lengths.
 I go my rope cheap in our local hardwere store. It was white in colour, so 
I dyed it brown Never had any trouble with it. I do have lenghts of old hose 
pipe over the ends which pass over the branch. It does help a little Also I 
try and move the rope every so often so that it does not grow into the tree.

 Nigel G0VDZ



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Callum M0MCX" <callum at mccormick.uk.com>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Enamelled wire -vs- Flexweave


> Nigel,
>
> I'm putting around 15 kilos of weight on these halyards due to the size of
> the loop. Can one buy bungee cord in larger diameter? Sounds a good 
> solution
> for this particular application. I'll cruise eBay for this answer.
>
> Thanks also to the off-list replies. The flavour of comments suggest that
> Flex-Weave is a waste of time. There are other solutions from 
> multi-strand,
> single core lighting wire through to hard drawn copper wire. I'll keep my
> enamelled wire and replace it if and when it stretches too much.
>
> I'm still trying to source a decent economical rope. Probably not more 
> than
> 6mm in diameter in a dark colour; black or green.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Callum McCormick
> http://www.m0mcx.co.uk/
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nigel [mailto:nubsey at ntlworld.com]
> Sent: 03 November 2008 16:48
> To: Callum M0MCX; uk-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Enamelled wire -vs- Flexweave
>
> I use some 1/4 inch bungee cord for the attachment of the halyard to the
> aerial. I run the wire through an insulator then tie the bungee cord to 
> the
> other end of the insulator. This is then tied to the halyard. Good for two
> or three years. I can not say which wire is best, as I only ever use
> stranded pvc covered wire.
> Nigel G0vdz
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Callum M0MCX" <callum at mccormick.uk.com>
> To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 12:17 PM
> Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Enamelled wire -vs- Flexweave
>
>
>>I could send this to ham_antennas but I'm after a "British" answer(!)
>>
>> We have a horizontal triangular 174 meter loop up at 90 feet at the scout
>> hut (58 meters per leg), currently made of 16 gauge enamelled copper 
>> wire.
>
>> I
>> don't have any proper ceramic insulators, I just wound the wire twice
>> around
>> some strong US military paracord. I'm trying to make sure this lasts a 
>> few
>> years. Clearly I have to junk the paracord and get some decent insulators
>> that will allow the wire to  radius correctly? I see I can buy these
>> ceramic
>> insulators from QST magazine, but not sure if there's a British supplier?
>>
>> Comments sought regarding: a) Is it worth replacing the enamelled wire
>> with
>> flexweave (I'm happy replacing the wire annually rather than go to 
>> expense
>> of flexweave) and b) what am I to replace the paracord with? I need a
>> stealthy black or green cable?
>>
>> I could also use those "G5RV" style springs to make sure that if the 100
>> foot oak trees get out of synch with each other, the cable doesn't snap.
>> Are
>> they any good?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Callum.
>>
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