Sorry to hear about your antennas, been there this year as well. A couple of suggestions that I've had some experience with: Flex Weave wire is very nice to work with and it's quite tough, not particularly cheap, but definitely easier to work with than copperweld. It's coated and I've had branches fall on it without any damage.
Another option is old RG58 coax (RG8X, RG59 also, RG8 is heavy and might be too heavy under 30M) I connect the outer braid to the inner conductor on both ends. It's lighter and has a larger diameter, cut it a little shorter (2 to 5%) than the bare wire formulas. Good Luck! Julius n2wn _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
