Thats fine for single wire installs, making and installing spacers for a 2 wire is a pain and likely far from a perfect balance.
Carl KM1H ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 11:55 AM Subject: Topband: Beverage strain > > It's almost enough to drive one back to electric fence wire. It's > inexpensive and reconnects easily using the wireman splice. > 73 > Bruce-K1FZ > > On 07/20/2012 12:59 PM, Tom W8JI wrote: > This is exactly the problem I have with Wireman stranded ~400 ohm ladder > line. After a few years, if water gets inside, conductors rust through. > > If water gets into WD1A, the three steel strands rust through in > less than 6 months. Sometimes much less. The four tinned copper > strands deteriorate and eventually break also. I'm not a > metallurgist, but somehow the rust from the steel *seems* to weaken > them. > > > 73, > Paul N1BUG >> _______________________________________________ >> UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK >> > > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2437/5147 - Release Date: 07/22/12 > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
