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Review Summary For : Sotabeams Antenna Wire Winders
Reviews: 1MSRP: $7.99 each (from USA vendors)
Description:
These special winders are lightweight and with an elastic fastener to secure the wire, they are quick and easy to use. Wire winders ensure tangle-free aerials and rapid deployment - perfect! Great for SOTA, WWFF / POTA park activating and DXpeditions! Use a figure-of-eight winding technique which helps to ensure no kinks in the wire. Start with feedpoint first, then free end peels off first when setting up antenna later. We recommend three winders for a dipole fed with RG174 (one for each half of the dipole and one for the coax and back guy). Two winders are usually adequate for a dipole fed with RG58 (cable coiled separately). Each winder weighs 1.25 oz (36g). Length 24.5 cm (9.75 inches).
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More Info: https://www.sotabeams.co.uk/antenna-wire-winders/
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AE0Q Rating: 2021-10-12
Couldn't operate portable without them ! Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I first used these when I got a Sotabeams Bandhopper-II dipole, it came with THREE of them (one for each half of antenna and one for feedline and guy line). When I got a 65 ft long EFHW antenna it was obvious that it would need a wire winder for park activations where it is put up and down the same day, so I got three more of the winders. I use one for the 65 ft 4010-EFHW wire and another for a 33 ft wire (20m single-band) for the EFHW xfmr. The winder is pretty well full with the 65 ft insulated wire and 30 ft of 3/32" Paracord. Longer wire antennas would probably need more than one winder.

Each winder comes with an attached loop of shock-cord that wraps around the winder body once the antenna is wound on it and then hooks on a tab at the center of the winder. Holds the wire perfectly for storing or transporting it.