I used plain old Al clad Steel telephone wire (the kind on the green
insulators) for years and was happy with it. I had nothing with which to
compare it and nothing else to use anyway for my first few years as a ham.
73
Roger (K8RI)
On 10/11/2015 2:41 AM, KD7JYK DM09 wrote:
: "Great" compared to what?
Exceptional compared to nothing at all or something worse.
: Many years ago, zip cord was measured by ARRL
: Labs and found to be fairly lossy -- 3.9 dB/100 ft at 14 MHz -- with Zo
: of 105 ohms. A low dipole (1/4 wave high or less) typically has
: feedpoint Z of 50 ohms or lower, so it's not a very good match.
Irrelevant in the mentioned applications.
Kurt
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