Randy, I have 15 Beverage wires that average about 900’ long. About 2.5 miles of wire. All the wires are in dense, old growth forest. I have trees falling ALL the time. Every wire has a counterweight concrete block pulley system to prevent breakage. When a tree falls on a wire (about twice a month), the wire does not break, and a quick trip with the chain saw to remove the tree recovers the wire.
You may not be a “video guy” but I made a YouTube that shows the detail of how I install it and how they work: https://youtu.be/l91JL2ImEbk <https://youtu.be/l91JL2ImEbk> And here is a short video showing it in action: https://youtu.be/GEkA9Hzrwas <https://youtu.be/GEkA9Hzrwas> Also, for those that have larger Beverage installations, this video explains how I use my antenna analyzer to sweep my wires at any time (even remotely) and by comparing the seep to saved files, I know if a wire is down. This is NOT a trivial problem. With my Beverage field, to walk and check all the wires, I would need to walk about 8 miles through heavy bush! This would take the better part of a day. Before a contest, in 5 minutes, I can check all 15 wires and know if there is a tree down or broken term or feed. https://youtu.be/PA67Tz-1TO4 <https://youtu.be/PA67Tz-1TO4> 73, de steve ve6wz > On Jan 3, 2021, at 4:54 AM, Randy via Topband <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have several 600 foot beverages made of WD-1A mil wire that run through > heavy woods. They can handle the random falling branch but when a large tree > falls over them they break. The wire is held in place with electric fence > plastic insulators that are nailed to trees every 100 feet. I would like to > add a smaller diameter wire to each insulator to act as a "fuse" when a tree > falls across them. I am looking for ideas as to the best way to do this. > Maybe a number 26 wire? The wire size has to be heavy enough to support the > wire in normal use but weak enough to break when hit by a tree. Suggestions? > 73 Randy W9ZR > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
