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p/n 177 |
Dual Coax - A great
way to use balanced feed line without RFI. Also an excellent substitute
for unavailable "Window" balanced line. |
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CQ 511
14 AWG antenna wire |
Back in stock and better than ever! Now with 40 % Copper Clad
Steel! |
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CQ 8O4
FOLDED DIPOLE
INSULATOR KIT
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FOLDED DIPOLE INSULATOR KI T
Also included:
5 Nylon thumb screws and nuts for “anchor” points
5 inches of ¼ inch adhesive-lined shrink tube for sealing
soldered splices (cut 5 - 1 inch pieces).
5 feet of 1/8 inch support rope
We recommend the 18 AWG stranded
conductor “window” type ladderline (p/n 553) as first choice, using the greatest
random length your QTH can handle, fed by whatever necessary length of the same
ladderline to a stand-alone balanced line capable tuner with wide tuning range
and no amplifier (unless you are an avid contester!). Heavier ladderline is
available but not necessary for most all of us!
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"HOT
ROPE"
CQ 512 & 512A |
“HOT
ROPE” Antenna Wire
Perfect for “Knapsack,”
“DXpedition,” “Kite / Weather Balloon,” and
“Field Day” Antennas
Think about it for
stringing up a quad or hex beam!
Use it as a conductive
rope, tying it in a knot using a thimble for protection, with a breaking
strength of at least 475 pounds!
Use it by opening the
tinned copper braid a few inches from the end, and bringing rope out of the
hole. Anchor the rope to pole, tree or tower and solder the braid to wire
for an end fed long wire with the OD of a 5 AWG wire!
Use it as a dipole and
carefully cut the braid at the center insulator without cutting the rope and
comb out enough braid to solder or wire nut to ladderline(or coax, balun,
etc) from the shack, giving you a tin plated copper dipole with legs the
size of a 5 AWG wire – about 3 times the radiating surface of
a 14 AWG copper or CCS wire!
Dream up your own “Hot Rope” scheme!
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Ends of reels, Clearance items, Odds and Ends, but no junk!
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WIREBOOK 5 NEWS! |
IT'S HERE! HOT OFF THE PRESS! Thanks to all for your orders! |
NEW!
STANDOFF'S FOR "WINDOW" TYPE LADDERLINE
811A
Model as shown
$2.25 ea
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The right way to install ladder feed line down from the antenna safely away from the tower leg of any size or shape.
Easy to lock in place on the leg with UV resistant high strength cable tie
(2-8" included*) . Place the 300 - 450 ohm "window" ladderline onto the end of the 6+ inch standoff and lock in with
small cable tie (2 included).
Spacing depends on wind conditions at your QTH and overall tension applied the to the vertical run. With a twist as shown every 2-4 feet, wind whipping is minimized, and any interference by the metal tower leg is
not significant. 
The tough but light and simple 811A Standoff is handcrafted with non-conductive, UV and all weather resistant materials, and is re-usable* for change-of-mind situations. Comes with an extra tie.
Custom models are available for similar runs on walls, posts of any size, masts, even metal or fiberglass telescoping poles for field day, etc.
*UV resistant black, 120 pound ties are available in singles or bulk in
8, 14, & 18 inch lengths. |
THE GREAT W5GI
MYSTERY ANTENNA, NOW ASSEMBLED
884D
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Looking for something other than a G5RV
for HF and 6 meters?
Check out the W5GI* – you’ll be surprised and delighted!
*(from CQ, Amateur Radio, July 2003) |
W5GI ANTENNA
IN ECONOMICAL KIT FORM
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The now famous "Mystery" antenna going great guns in the exclusive kit, authorized by W5GI and offered only by The Wireman. |
SHURFIT 108
P/N CQ1401
BACK IN
STOCK
4/20/2010! |
Having trouble installing PL259’s and “EZ” ‘N’s”
on low loss RG8 types?
Meet the “SHURFIT 108” – a precision tool designed,
developed, and now offered to all by The Wireman
There are many ways to prepare the 19 and 7 strand center conductors for the connectors designed to accept the 0.108 inch conductor, Unfortunately, some of the ways include whittling away at solder and copper with knives, files, emery boards and the like; removing one or more strands; reaming out the pin; and so on, all of which will compromise the efficiency of the finished job.
The “SHURFIT 108 has been used for nearly five years in The Wireman shop with complete success – it is easier to spin it on a conductor than it is to try the connector to verify the fit. Countless hours have been saved since first use, enabling us to have some of the lowest installation costs in the industry.
Try it – you’ll love it!
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