I had done something similar at my former qth to make 450 ohm ladder line. My solution used UV resistant PVC conduit and UV resistant wire ties. I drilled holes at the prescribed spacing through the conduit (perpendicular to the axis of the conduit). I ran the wires through and the put the wire tire around both wires inside the center of the conduit and snugged it enough to make a slight "bump" in each wire going towards the center of the spacer. The "bump" in the wires along with the wire tie prevented any movement of the spacer. This was with teflon coated, stranded 10 gauge wire that was rescued from the recycle pile at work. Worked great!
Josh KB3VQQ On Mar 16, 2016 3:49 PM, "WILLIS COOKE via BVARC" <[email protected]> wrote: > Bill when I look at your antenna I think back to when we put 146.81/21 > repeater on the air on the 1000 foot tower near Alvin, but also near the > Pearland Gun Range and in Friendswood. We needed to lash 500 feet of 7/8" > hardline to the tower from the base to the antenna at 500 ft. We used > lengths of solid core #12 house wiring long enough to lash where we > attached the feed line to the tower and it seemed to work well. We had the > line up for about eight years without failure. For your app, it would take > shorter pieces, maybe 6: or 8 inches. You can cut a length or two to see > what it will take. The single strand solid core wire is available at any > Lowes or Home Depot. Take about three tight wraps around your feed wire at > each insulator above and below the insulator. Tie wraps, particularly the > white ones are very susceptible to UV, so if you use tie warps use UV > resistant black ones, but even they need regular replacement. If you want > to discuss, call me at 832-630-1799. I am in Santa Fe and have a big > antenna so I can contact you directly on 10, 6 or other HF bands. > > Willis 'Cookie' Cooke, > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Bill Crowell via BVARC <[email protected]> > *To:* BVARC <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Bill Crowell <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 16, 2016 3:14 PM > *Subject:* [BVARC] N4HPG Feedline Stitch Article > > Enjoy! > > Bill Crowell, N4HPG > Pearland, TX > Text messaging one-handed since 1982 > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > >
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