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Hidden Antenna Wire Teflon Mil Tufflite White/Black Stranded #18 AWG 135 foot
$ 21.12
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Description
This is great antenna wire for making a dipole or end fed antenna. It is very Tuff and light. That's Carlisle / Tensolite calls it Tufflite. 18 Gauge can easily do full power on a dipole (1500 watts PEP), and against the sky, this color is nearly invisible from 70 feet away.Great for people trying to put up a hidden antenna, or backpackers. 135' length.
The wire will come in a bag, you don't get the spool. It will be a coil zip tied that you can easily unwind by using your two fingers on the inside of the coil to unroll it. It is white with a black stripe in color.
It is rated for a temperature of 150 degrees C (302 F)
It is rated for 600 Volts, the conductor is Tin coated Copper.
In the early 1990s, Carlisle Interconnect Technologies (then Tensolite®) developed composite insulated Tufflite® to address the critical weaknesses of existing airframe wire designs. Other constructions such as polyimide and XL-ETFE failed to provide a good balance of properties in areas such as arc resistance, weight, size, temperature performance, smoke generation and flammability. Tufflite® addresses the need for a small, lightweight, arc resistant, 260° rated general purpose wire. For over a decade, Tufflite® has been tested and flown on thousands of commercial and military aircraft. Its superior smoke, flame and toxicity performance enables it to be used safely in both pressurized and non-pressurized zones of the aircraft. Tufflite®’s wide temperature range and overall balance of properties make it an ideal replacement for all other general-purpose wire types, both military and commercial.
TL is a multi-purpose normal weight wire which exhibits exceptional performance characteristics within the range of the critical parameters in airframe applications.
You can make a center fed dipole, an end fed half wave, or a random length wire with a 9:1 UNUN. The key is the wire can support its own weight, and also the coax. It's Tuff Stuff. With the Teflon coating, it should also be very UV resistant.
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