I'd like to caution you against using plastic that's not intended for
outdoor use. Most types will deteriorate rapidly from the UV in
sunlight, and turn brittle and very weak in a short time. Even here in
western Oregon, most plastics become useless in a year or two, and in a
place like Denver (5000 feet high and lots of sun) you only get a few
months at most.

A better idea, in my opinion, would be to use fishing line as others
suggested, or make your own from a piece of ABS pipe or something similar.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

Cecil Moore wrote:
wrote:

I'm putting up a long wire antenna for a SW receiver. The area I live
in has severe restrictions, so I need to hide it, or at least have it
not be obvious. For the end insulators I was looking for small, about
1" long skinny plastic or ceramic insulators. I know they used to be
available, but I can't find them anywhere. Can anyone point to a
source for them? All I can find are 3" insulators with a 1" diameter.
These are much too obvious for me to use. Thanks.


Skinny insulators can be made from plastic coat hangers which come in
any number of different colors.