Hi, The smallest wire rope thimble you can find (home depot has tiny ones) and a little bit of the wire sized just under the thimble size. I don't use the nuts that come with the thimble, usually, but instead get copper split-bolt splice nuts.
The little bit of extra wire provides the purchase for the nuts and the thimble is a nice hard connection point. 73, Byron N6NUL On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 3:35 PM Julia Tuttle <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I'm putting together the Elecraft Standard Wire Antenna(tm), two 25-foot > pieces of 26-gauge wire with relatively slippery insulation. > > I've got banana plugs on the near (radio) ends of the wires, and I've > temporarily got the two lengths coiled and held with velcro cable ties, but > I'm wondering if anyone has ideas on: > > 1. What to put on the far (tree/wherever) ends so I can tie a rope to them > without the slippery insulation just slipping out of the knot. My > girlfriend suggests a ring terminal, which seems reasonable -- any other > ideas? > 2. How to coil them more securely. W3ATB suggests a chalk line reel ( > https://w3atb.com/wire-antenna-winder/) but I'm not a fan of the > termination there. > > Thanks and 73, > > Julie > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] -- - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the Cal QSO Party 2-3 Oct 2021 - www.cqp.org ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
