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Re: [TowerTalk] copperweld wire was:remote tuner Vs lumped constants

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] copperweld wire was:remote tuner Vs lumped constants
From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 10:51:30 -0700
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On 7/25/2013 9:11 AM, john@kk9a.com wrote:
I had no problems, not even stretching, with
antennas made from 14ga solid thhn.

THHN WILL stretch over time if there's enough tension on it. One of my 80/40 fans is built with #10 stranded THHN, has a 100# weight on one end, and about 150 ft of RG11 on it. Every few years I need to remove a foot or two from each end.

73, Jim K9YC
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