Bruce in Alaska wrote:

Out here on the Left Coast, when one wants "The Best" in antenna wire,
one goes to a Marine Hardware supplier and orders PhospherBronze
Antenna Wire. This is used on most Vessels as LF/MF/HF Antenna Wire.
It lasts, basically forever, withstands whipping, doesn't stretch, and
is corrosion resistant in almost any weather or sea condition. It comes
in various sizes from #12 (7/12) on up to Ought (O) depending on your
antenna current and rigging. Standard NecoPress and Splitbolt Hardware
in PhosherBronze is available to facilitate rigging. I think if you
look on just about ANY Military Vessel, if it has wire antennas they
will be spec'd as PhospherBronze. It isn't cheap, but it is "The Best".....

Bruce in alaska Al7AQ

Stranded phosphor bronze is also the normal antenna wire for North Sea
fishing trawlers, which regularly experience strong gales and heavy
icing in Arctic waters.

A G3 who lives on the Right Coast of the UK has 80m and 40m inverted-Vs
made from 3/8in fozzy bronze, and those antennas are also his tower
guys.


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73 from Ian GM3SEK 'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek