Herb Schoenbohm wrote:
> A great and inexpensive source for very strong and durable uninsulated
> #18 suitable for Beverages are the 2500 foot spools of stainless steel
> lashing wire used by Cable TV trunk feeder installers. It may not be as
> good as copper clad but sure looks good and is generally impervious to
> corrosion. The one big draw back is that it must be fed out of a
> container with a small hole to prevent recoiling and snarling up into a
> nasty mess. It must also be elevated high enough to avoid garotting
> live stock and humans passing through the area.
>
> Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
This URL gives a price of 2 cents or 4 cents per foot depending on alloy:
http://www.newtechindustries.com/newtech/outside_cable_plant/stainless_steel_lashing_wire.htm
The high priced stuff has more corrosion resistance for
use near salt water. Breaking strength is given as a little over 100 lbs.
I would want to check the RF resistance before using it. I wouldn't be
surprised if it approached 1 ohm per ft, especially for the cheaper
stuff that is magnetic. Note that nickel-chromium heater wire is .3
ohms per foot at DC, and these wires have those metals as ingredients,
and of course RF resistance is higher than DC resistance.
Rick N6RK
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