> and looked at my handiwork. His comment was "Why did you go
> to all that trouble? The #14 wire is supposed to lie in the
> OUTSIDE NOTCHES of the insulators, and just little tie wires
> go through the holes!"
Great story and it's just as relevant today: I found a large stash of the
same Johnson ceramic insulators and was a bit perplexed as to why they had
notches on the outside. I was about to route the wiring through the
insulator's holes and then had a thought that I might want to research it a
bit more. I found the answer in a 1940s edition of the ARRL Handbook where
attachment instructions were provided.
There's still quite a bit of work involved since two tie wires are used and
a total of four 'quasi' Western-Union (WU) style splices must be made per
insulator. For a 100-ft line with 18-inch insulator spacing, that's roughly
260 WU style wraps!
Paul, W9AC
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