Try ex-telephone wire. Your local depot will often have reel-ends or
replaced cable. The wire has steel cores for strength and copper for
signals. It is brilliant for 80m loops or similar.
73s Tim EI8IC
www.qsl.net/ei8ic/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Merrifield <k1dq@metrocast.net>
> To: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Date: Thursday, November 21, 2002 1:05 PM
> Subject: [Towertalk] Antenna Wire
>
>
> My wire loop came down this week in a heavy ice storm.
> I would like to put it up again with high strength wire.
> Can anyone recommend a wire/source that would have
> good strength but not be too difficut to handle. I have looked
> at the FlexWeave which has a beaking strengh of 150lbs
> and CableExperts #12 hard drawn copper which has a
> breaking strength of 200lbs. I know Copperweld would
> be the strongest, but it's hard to work with. Any suggestions ??
>
> Dan..........K1DQ
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