Some of the old-school ham radio suppliers sell/stock Daburn porcelain insulators, or you can get them direct from Daburn. e.g. Daburn 10-52: http://www.daburn.com/10-58ceramicfeed-thruinsulators.aspx
Tim N3QE ________________________________________ From: Topband [[email protected]] on behalf of Herb Schoenbohm [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 2:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Topband: Insulator problems My 160 meter ATU uses an old military box with the original behive feed thru insulator that is starting to crumble. I haven't been able to find a pocelin feed thu of that size (about 3'') and the ones on e bay are very small. Any suggestions for a source? Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ On 12/17/2013 3:09 PM, [email protected] wrote: > When I lost my last set of monster buss bar ceramic insulators to breakage > due to a broken guy line on the tower, I replaced them with artificial > wood. I used 4 X 4's. It machines easily and works flawlessly wet or dry with > full power even in very high voltage conditions. The material is actually > made from recycled milk containers, so the factory told me. Anyone who wants > a picture, I'll send it to you. > 73, Barry W9UCW > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
