base insulators

[jstrohm@texas.net]

Uhh.....a coke bottle?

Seriously, you might try a commercial electrical supply house for a compression insulator.  Should be available (but not cheap!)  Alternatively, your local electric company may have a scrapyard you can get into and pick through the cesspools of PCBs and rusting selenium rectifier stacks.

Our local scrapper, American Metal Processors, frequently gets powerline scrap -- and they're my Best Friend when I need copper bar, strap, heavy cable, or plate.

Jim N6OTQ

Original Message:
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From: Paul Litwinovich paull at WSHU.ORG
Subject: base insulators

I'm trying to help a friend  build a quarter wave vertical for 160 meters,
out of 120 feet of Rohn SSV self supporting tower with a 5WN base section .
...................................... but .........................

Rohn does not make insulators for the 5WN base section and Lapp does not
seem to have anything that would work. Got any ideas?

Paul A. Litwinovich
C.E. WSHU AM&FM, WSUF-FM
N1MUC
"RF IS GOOD FOR YOU!"
"It's amazing how much can be accomplished when you
 don't care who gets the credit."

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