On Thursday 17 August 2006 23:38, n0evh wrote: > Would appreciate comments from those who have had long spans of wire up in the > air.
My house is surrounded by trees. I have 500 feet of wire threaded over and through the trees using a catapult (slingshot). The wire at the far end descends to a spool with another 500 feet of wire, ready for when the trees are bare so that I can finish a horizontal loop (if I ever do). So currently, it is an end-fed unfinished loop, the end entering the basement from the top of a 50' tree to an SG-231 tuner. I bought the wire at Home Depot - 12 gauge insulated copper multistranded. It has withstood five years of weather and trees mightily swaying in countless storms. It appears to have stretched or slipped over the years - the join I made in the middle of the 1000 feet of wire is now near the ground at the spool whereas it was up in the trees a couple of years ago. In 27 years as a radio amateur, I have used only my own wire aerials - end-feds, dipoles, inverted Vs, loops, verticals and whatnots. I regarded them all as temporary and experimental, not minding if they broke, fell down or were dismantled - the inevitable fate of them all. Ian, G4ICV, AB2GR, K2 #4962 -- _______________________________________________ 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
