To: | Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g@windstream.net> |
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Subject: | Re: [TowerTalk] Lightweight Antenna Wire For Portable Work? |
From: | RCM <robrk@nidhog.net> |
Date: | Thu, 1 Nov 2018 23:49:27 -0400 |
List-post: | <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com> |
> On Nov 1, 2018, at 21:47, Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g@windstream.net> wrote: > > You better check that wire as it is likely steel wire with a thin coat of > aluminum (I shop for my electric fence supplies there.) Skin effect at lower > freqs might not be as good as you'd lke. > > Stuff I have is all AL. 40 dipole up for years. Local made open wire feeders, worked fine. Couldn’t measure any loss in 100 feet. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk |
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