For 65 feet, why not just use the wire and not have a catenary addition. Whatever your poison.....OK then....cheapest solid copper that I have found is gotten this way........Go to HD or Loews and buy a measured length of 14/2 or 12/2 with ground. Take a razor knife and slice the insulation all the way. Strip the cover and the material strength member, if it has one. You end up with 2 lengths of insulated wire and one length of uninsulated.
Note: the insulation does influence the velocity factor slightly, so calculate long'ish, measure twice and cut once, although, if need be, you can solder pieces together with a good Western Union splice. GL....RH On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 10:03 AM Bruce via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > make sure the fishing line and zip ties are uv rated. otherwise after a > few years they will start cracking and breaking. > > 73...bruce > > On Dec 15, 2020, at 9:57 AM, KJ Anderson via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > This is a permanent setup, is there any reason why I wouldn’t opt for > solid copper? And if so, I should think the only concern would be > oxidization, but is it really? Additionally, I intend to hang the wire off > a high-tension plastic fishing line using plastic zip ties, so the tensile > strength of the wire is trivial, it will not be load bearing (pulled tight, > but only so it’s a nice straight wire, not structurally having to support > its own weight, if that makes sense). > > > > *-------------------------------------------------* > > *KJ Anderson* > > 253-380-2636 > > www.linkedin.com/in/scrumnerd > > > > > > *From:* Rick Hiller <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, December 14, 2020 8:13 PM > *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Mark Janzer <[email protected]>; KJ Anderson <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] Antenna wire? > > > > I’d lean toward insulated. Keeps inter-strand noise at a minimum. 135 > feet—- 14 awg stranded at min. Alpha Delta uses 14 solid for their fan > dipoles. So either way works, depending on how it is deployed. > > Wireman, DX Eng and others. > > GL. Rick. RH > > Sent from my i-Thingamajig > > > On Dec 14, 2020, at 7:31 PM, Mark Janzer via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Check out: > > > > https://thewireman.com/product-category/antenna-materials/antenna-wire/ > <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthewireman.com%2Fproduct-category%2Fantenna-materials%2Fantenna-wire%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7C5936d441b868479d775608d8a09ee41c%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637435951574289771%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=nhsVOYc47GyGW8srtI6IIuMRFXBZl1hEsN%2Fw755%2BUQw%3D&reserved=0> > > > > Flex weave is nice. > > > > On Dec 14, 2020, at 4:31 PM, KJ Anderson via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I need input. I want to build an additional 40M EFHW, I’m wondering if > the group has input or guidance on the best kind of wire to use for the > long wire? It appears that the antenna manufacturers are happy to sell me > “high-grade antenna wire” that is nothing more than regular 14AWG wire I > could get literally anywhere for much less; my question is- has anyone > tried anything more exotic? Is there a flavor of wire that works > better/worse for antennas? > > > > I appreciate you all. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 73 de KJ5EMP > > [email protected] > > KJ in Cypress > > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmail.bvarc.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fbvarc_bvarc.org&data=04%7C01%7C%7C5936d441b868479d775608d8a09ee41c%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637435951574299766%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=bkiSLYsDK4l%2FBnNrp5MmlBwBXUaL3pjL86ZQG37FDLQ%3D&reserved=0> > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmail.bvarc.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fbvarc_bvarc.org&data=04%7C01%7C%7C5936d441b868479d775608d8a09ee41c%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637435951574299766%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=bkiSLYsDK4l%2FBnNrp5MmlBwBXUaL3pjL86ZQG37FDLQ%3D&reserved=0> > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > -- Rick Hiller *e-mail: [email protected] <[email protected]>* *Cell: 832-474-3713* *Physical: 9031 Troulon Drive* * Houston, TX 77036*
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