You are missing a rubber "doughnut" that slips over the RG8 or 213 and
squeezes it tightly enough to support the weight of the cable. I still have a
brand new in the box B&W dipole center kit as you described it.
Clint - W5CPT
----- Original Message -----
From: Al_N6TA@comcast.net
To: TowerTalk
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 7:54 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] B&W Center Insulator for dipoles
One of my junk drawers just coughed up a B&W cast aluminum center insulator
for dipoles. It is a two piece clamshell design that is really heavy duty with
eye bolts, ceramic insulators, gaskets and seems to want to clamp to the coax
feedline.
My question to the old timers out there is why is hole for the coax 9/16 "
diameter, much too large for RG-8 type coax? Am I missing a part that is a
gasket of some kind that would make the RG-8 fit?
If this B&W unit is used correctly, I seems like it could take a LOT of
tension and weight of coax hanging a long way down. I plan to raise my 80 M
dipole to heights it has never seen before!
Tnx
Al
N6TA
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