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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Some of you may have already tried this but it
worked so well I thought I would pass it along. I became frustrated with the 82
ft run of 450 ohm ladder line I have for my Zepp at 80 ft. The wind destroys it
in a month. I obtained some 1/2 inch water pipe (pvc) at the hardware store. The
wall thickness measures .09 inches and the pipe is beige in color and rated at
180 degrees F. (standard stuff). I cut it into 3 inch sections with a pipe
cutter. I then drilled holes about an eighth inch from the ends all the way
through. The hole was just large enough to slip my copper-clad steel 14 guage
wire through it with a little push. I then stretched out two parallel 84 ft runs
of the copper clad and slipped the spacers over the wires spaced evenly every 3
feet. I then put a single blob of solder on the wire where it was accessible in
the ends of all the spacers. This effectively keeps the spacers from
sliding along the wire. The wind is blowing like crazy here and that
ladder line does not move nor does it make howling noises and shake the house.
The zepp tuned up fb. The line has an impedance of around 550 ohms. Ladder Line
and CW forever! </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>