Clay I have rolls and rolls of thhn. As for pulleys and etc Home Depot can help. Keep it simple. It will work Better Hard drawn is totally not necessary for your loop. And it's expensive How are you feeding the loop? 450 or 300 ohm line is best. If your going to use it on multiple bands stay away from coax. You will need a good outdoor Balun that the window line will hook to then you feed the bottom of the Balun with a short run of RG8 or 214. The impedence matcher in your K3s ( PLEASE tell me you ordered it with one, some people call it an antenna tuner ) will handle this setup very sweetly ! Go over and look at k5sl's setup since he is closer to you than I am
Call me anytime Ronnie Sent from Ronnie's IPhone > On Feb 10, 2016, at 06:41, Don Wilhelm <w3...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > > Clay, > > You should be able to find suitable pulleys and cord at a marine supply store. > > I would recommend using hard drawn copper for the wire rather than THHN. You > can find THHN at your local DIY store. For hard drawn copper, look at The > Wireman www.thewireman.com. > > A 32 foot heavy duty telescoping pole can be found at The Mast Co. > www.themastco.com. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > >> On 2/10/2016 4:58 AM, Clay Autery wrote: >> So, based on a brief survey today, my first "real" antenna will be a >> nominally horizontal delta loop, while I save for and get construction >> designs approved for my tower. I'm seeking some specific parts and >> "preferred" vendors: >> >> 1) 3 each, 3" / 75mm MINIMUM diameter "plastic" (UV resistant) hanging >> pulley with swivel eye, sealed ball bearings, for cable/cord diameter of >> 3/16" >> I don't see what I want readily available. I can build them, but I'd >> prefer to not have to. Yes, 75mm minimum diameter to minimize loop wire >> wear/hardening and maximize freedom of movement. >> >> 2) 500-1000' Dacron/Polyester cordage in grey, brown, OD green, black in >> that order. >> >> 3) 500' nominal, 14 AWG, THHN stranded annealed copper, gray. >> >> 4) telescopic pole, preferably cable of free-standing with loop >> attachment NLT 30' with minimal tip flex. I can build this using >> locally sourced materials, some drilling, welding of supplemental >> retention nuts, and tapping, etc, but I'd prefer to get this up in the air. >> Alternatively, I could provide counter loop guy(s). > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to w5...@comcast.net ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
