KX-1 Antenna Wire - Ebay Reference

[Richard Thorne-2]

I ordered a 1000 foot spool of wire from ebay per KW4A's suggestion.
The fella I ordered it from shipped it promptly and I received it today.

Nice wire, it appears very strong and should be fairly invisible for
stealth antennas.  I put a soldering iron to it and it took solder with
no problem.

He also sells the military poles/masts (both aluminum and fiberglass)
which are stackable.  I'll probably order some of those for my next
antenna project.

The sellers ebay id is deagle1969.

I have no personal interest here, just happy with the wire I received.

73,

Rich Thorne
ARS: N5ZC
AMA: N5ZC
Amarillo, TX

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[Richard Thorne-2]

Sorry about that Paul:

Heres the scoop from the ebay listing....

"1,000 ft roll (no splices) of 22 AWG, 19/34 strand, tinned coated
copper wire. This is a quality high temp, Mil Spec M81044-12-22-9 with a
non-melting and shrinking, flame retardant, white polyalkene insulator.
The wire has resistance to temperatures ranging from -65 to +150 degrees
C and service voltages up to 600V, 50 Hz. The wire is spooled without
any splices and has the Spec Numbers printed along the full length. "

With the $7.50 in shipping I paid $21.25 which comes out to just over 2
cents per foot.  Not very expensive at all and will fill many needs,
dipoles, loops, long wires, verticals, radials ect ect.  The listing
does not list breaking strength so I'm not sure how well it would hold
up as a dipole with out some sort of center support due to coax weight.



Rich - N5ZC


1,000' 22 AWG Tinned Wire,19 Strand,High Temp,Mil Spec
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From: "Paul Gates" <[hidden email]>
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Subject: RE: [Elecraft] KX-1 Antenna Wire - Ebay Reference

> You did no t tell us if:
> 1. insulated wire
> 2 What size the wire
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> How abt filling us in... We are interested. We need to know!! HI!
> Paul
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> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Richard Thorne" <[hidden email]>
> To: "elecraft" <[hidden email]>
> Subject: [Elecraft] KX-1 Antenna Wire - Ebay Reference
> Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 17:47:44 -0500
>
> I ordered a 1000 foot spool of wire from ebay per KW4A's suggestion.
> The fella I ordered it from shipped it promptly and I received it
> today.
>
> Nice wire, it appears very strong and should be fairly invisible for
> stealth antennas.  I put a soldering iron to it and it took solder
> with no problem.
>
> He also sells the military poles/masts (both aluminum and fiberglass)
> which are stackable.  I'll probably order some of those for my next
> antenna project.
>
> The sellers ebay id is deagle1969.
>
> I have no personal interest here, just happy with the wire I received.
>
> 73,
>
> Rich Thorne
> ARS: N5ZC
> AMA: N5ZC
> Amarillo, TX
>
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