I am sending a sketch of an insulator I got recently. All I know about it is that it came from Mexico. I
would appreciate any information you could get for me about this insulator. Thank you.
I spent two weeks suffering with poison oak, after getting a small sun-colored amethyst insulator from an
old dead oak tree. I was with my wife, and she is more of a bug than myself.
The insulator was on a small rotten limb about 25 feet off the ground and had a wire tied to it, so I thought I
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Ed Pont of Miami, Florida, has an insulator like Arlene Harris' sketch
#2, August 1969 issue, page 27, only his is S.C.A. (sun-colored amethyst). He asks if anyone has
found any information yet. So far "Crown Jewels" hasn't heard a word about radio insulators.
To price an insulator is a difficult thing. Many people will disagree with
my prices, but remember, an insulator is only worth what
someone will pay for it. I am basing my prices on observations at bottle
sales and shows, price lists from different parts of the United
States, shops I have visited and insulators I have seen sell at a certain
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Definitions reprinted from The Lineman's Handbook, Third Edition by Edwin B. Kurtz, E.E., PhD.
LINEMAN'S LINGO: Linemen have developed quite a vocabulary
of their own pertaining to their work, which is expressive and
sometimes picturesque. The following list of words is typical of
some that are in general use. The accepted meaning is given with
each word.
Here is a note on the Hemingray-110 pictured on page 29 of the August 1969
issue.
The Hemingray-110 is a dead end spool and is used in a dead end
clevis or shackle. The steel pin that is dropped down through
shackle and spool has a thin lead sleeve around it to cushion the pin
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One of the newest insulators to be added to our hobby is the
capacitor insulator. The capacitor itself is the metal container made
of alternate plates of tinfoil and insulating material, and the size of
the tinfoil and insulating material is the determining factor for holding
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