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From: Herbert Schoenbohm <herbert.schoenbohm@gmail.com>
To: topband@contesting.com
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: WD-1 Wire impedance
Some discussion of WD-1A on Google claims the impedance is 170 ohms and
other claim 70 ohms. I have 1/2 mile on a spool that I will measure
> Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
Hi Herb and all,
When I was in the Army, 1958 to 1960,, I was a "Field Communications Crewman".
It meant, I helped string telephone wire.
We used what was called WD-1TT. It was two separate conductors. They were
twisted, not molded together. Each conductor was made of 3 steel wires and 4
copper wires making a 7 strand conductor. It might have been 4 steel and 3
copper.
I have never found listings for WD-1TT on eBay. We spliced it by stripping
about 10 inches from each conductor and tying a square knot and twisting the
loose end on the conductor and covering with friction tape and then Scotch
electrical tape. We could run 3 telephone circuits on 2 wires and ground
with isolation transformers.
Regards...Price W0RI
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