"Richard" wrote in message ...
If so, whadya use?

Thanks.

Rich.

Can make them out of nearly anything non conductive. I've made many of
them from strips of thick printed circuit board material. Peel off the
copper on each side, drill a hole on the middle for a so-239. Drill a
smaller hole in each end to attach the wires. Bingo. Cheapy insulator.
Many people convert long egg insulators to make those. MK

The local craft store has something called "Sculpey", that is a polymer
modeling clay.

Its a modeling clay that hardens when heated in a conventional oven to
about 275 farenheit.

I've used it with a lot of success to make strain relief's for
SMA-to-BNC adapters for my VX-5r handie.

I just never liked the teeny SMA adapters.

I don't know what sort of voltages this stuff might handle, nor how it
would weather--but it's easy to work.

example:
http://www.polymerclayexpress.com/sculpey.html

73
kaz

Schedule 40 or 80 PVC has worked well for me on 10 and 15 meters.
Above 30 MHz it may become resistive. I would bet it is safe to 6
meters.

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