I still think a good dummy load will work better.
Bob K4TAX
Frank Ayers wrote:
>
> >Galvanized Iron electric fence wire is cheap and reduces Q nicely. >Since
> losses are high, it reduces noise pick up on receive - >especially from
> stations a long distance away.
>
> >Colin K7FM
>
> Boy, you're right!. I just stuck up an 80 meter dipole made of #14
> galvanized fence wire that was outside for the last 5 years. Compared to my
> #12 stranded copper dipole, I'm much less bothered by those pesky signals
> from europe when listening to the locals.
>
> Frank
> W2FCA
>
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