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Re: [TowerTalk] Lightweight Antenna Wire For Portable Work?

To: Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g@windstream.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Lightweight Antenna Wire For Portable Work?
From: RCM <robrk@nidhog.net>
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2018 23:49:27 -0400
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> 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.
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