Author: Randy via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2021 11:54:30 +0000 (UTC)
I have several 600 foot beverages made of WD-1A mil wire that run through heavy woods. They can handle the random falling branch but when a large tree falls over them they break. The wire is held i
Hi Randy, I have the same situation here and I use 20 GA solid hookup wire for the "fuse" with about 10 turns wrapped around itself at the insulators. Sometimes the wire breaks, sometimes it comes un
Hi Randy, My 720ft beverages (also made of WD1a strung between ceramic insulstors) have short lengths (12 inches or so) of 26 AWG wire that act as fuses. Each end of the wire is stapled to the 4 x 4
Randy, I have 15 Beverage wires that average about 900 long. About 2.5 miles of wire. All the wires are in dense, old growth forest. I have trees falling ALL the time. Every wire has a counterweight
Author: Roger Parsons via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2021 16:14:57 +0000 (UTC)
I have had good success (mostly) following W8JI's recommendations in a similar situtation with over 30000 ft of Beverages in very rough woodland: Use electric fence insulators nailed to trees, but al
I use 1/4 inch AMP spade connectors , male and female as a breakaway point on my open wire feeder. I greased them up with dielectric grease to keep the water out. Automotive bullet connectors might
falling along its length (1000 ft) - and the antennas keep working. Strange as it sounds, (living where I live and all that), sometimes during an ice storm all you really want to do is get on the ai
Author: CUTTER DAVID via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2021 16:57:30 +0000 (GMT)
Mark I like that idea the best. I would tie the parts together with a long piece of rot-proof cord so they don't get lost. David G3UNA/G6CP _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contestin
Author: Randy via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2021 20:39:04 +0000 (UTC)
Hi Roger Thanks for the info. I appreciate your input. My problem is that I use my station remotely and I am not there for a repair. I rely on my home watch guy to make simple repairs to my beverag
Lead poisoning for the dear to keep em from running into it. That's what we use to do in Green Bay before Steel poisoning. Jim K9TFSent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device _________________ Searchable Arc