I just found several hundered feet of used #10 solid copper, insulated
wire, it was pulled out of my well (submersible 240V pump) a few years
ago. Any reason, aside from weight, not to use this #10 wire for
constructing diy ladder-line? I understand the bigger the wire the less
the loss (what little there is with ladder-line), also I understand that
solid core copper will stay straighter and maintain the spacing better
than braided. The insulation is kind of thick and rubbery (it went down to
the well submersible), would it be better to cut off the insulation or
just leave it? If cut off do I need to clean it up further or just leave
the residue on the wire? Since this is three wires braded together I would
have to do some major straigtening first. Maybe this is just a bit too
heavy, now that I think of it, there is alot of copper there. Any
motivating advantages???

Bill

Larry Gagnon wrote:

Hello to all. I intend to erect an 80 meter full size dipole and feed
it with homebrew open ladder line. Would anyone care to reply as to how
to construct ladder line easily and effectively? How does one determine
spacing to get X ohms impedance line?

Also any ideas on how such line can easily be fed in through a window
with a wood frame would be greatly appreciated.

Larry Gagnon VE7EA

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