Re: [TowerTalk] Dipole center connector

[W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com>]

The Alpha Delta Kit is 30 bucks with insulators.  The Budwig device is 
17 bucks.  Hygain is 50, DXE sells one for 23, MFJ 30.  JTS at HRO for 19.
Search for the word Center at HRO or DXE.  Lots of choices.

Make your own with pvc t connectors?

W0MU

On 7/23/2021 4:20 AM, Keith Dutson wrote:
>   How much do you pay for an SO-259?  I bought one at a hamfest for $1.  It was 
> Chinese junk that allowed poor conduction to the center connector.  I would not make a 
> dipole antenna with one of those.
> I bought the Alpha-Delta dipole antenna kit back in 1998.  It is used for an 
> 80m dipole that is still working great.
> I find DX Engineering to be a provider of quality products with excellent 
> service.
> 73, Keith NM5G
>      On Thursday, July 22, 2021, 08:56:16 PM CDT, N4ZR <n4zr@comcast.net> wrote:
>   
>   But like so much of what they sell, pricing is exorbitant.  I doubt
> there's $3 in materials there.  I'm not naive enough to think that
> prices depend on costs, but...
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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>
> On 7/22/2021 6:29 PM, Grant Saviers wrote:
> > DX Engineering makes a kit.  Works.  Lasts.
> >
> > Grant KZ1W
> >
> > On 7/22/2021 11:30, Jim Brown wrote:
> > > On 7/22/2021 10:53 AM, Dave Thompson wrote:
> > > > I am looking for a better dipole center connector better than the
> > > > Budwig.  Any ideas?
> > > > The Budwig can pull apart.
> > > Yes, it's pretty lame in that regard. On the one occasion where I
> > > used it, I didn't use it as a structural component -- tension was
> > > maintained with antenna rope to insulators through which both sides
> > > passed, each seriously clamped, and looping down to the Budwig, where
> > > split-bolts connected them to the Budwig.
> > >
> > > 73, Jim K9YC
> > >
> > >
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