[600MRG] Paralleling Wires in Antennas

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

Rudy,

You mean it cost you lots of $ to put insulators in your backstay?


Huh?

David

On May 3, 2017 7:39 PM, "Rudy Severns" <n6lf at epud.net> wrote:

> Frank, I had that problem when I was living and cruising on my sailboat
> with
> lots of SS standing rigging.
>
> I did the following:
>
> 1) Install insulators in my SS wire backstay, lots of $!
>
> 2) I took a long strip of 0.020" X 3/4" copper and covered both sides with
> 1" wide plastic tape.  Being very careful to squash it together with a
> roller on an anvil to get it sealed.
>
> 3) I then formed the copper/tape strip into a "U" around the backstay,
> taping it in place.
>
> 4) I fed both the copper and the backstay wire at the bottom end as a
> sloper.  I also tried feeding it at the top of the mast as a sloper.  Both
> configurations worked.
>
> 5) That lash-up lasted many years and thousands of miles of trans-ocean
> passages giving me a good signal while offshore or in anchorages.
>
> That's my suggestion, I'm sure there are many other ways to skin your cat.
>
> 73, Rudy N6LF
>
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