Topband: Covered /bare antennn wire

[Mike Waters]

Hi Bruce,

Sure, and I'd be interested in knowing that, too. :-)

I should add that the GDTs were added after a lighting hit in the vicinity
caused windings to open up on the transformers. The GDTs were to prevent
that, and the resistors were to minimize the number of times that the GDTs
conducted (each time they fire, their life is shortened just a little).

You have a good page about Beverages there. I think I may have used some of
those ideas when I built the ones I have.

73, Mike

On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Bruce <k1fz at myfairpoint.net> wrote:

> Good point Mike, but I am hoping someone has done definitive testing
> between insulated and un-insulated wire concerning voltage build up.  If
> the voltage is lower with insulated wire there is less to bleed off, and
> possibly lower noise activity.
>
> http://www.qsl.net/k1fz/**beveragenotes.html<http://www.qsl.net/k1fz/beveragenotes.html>
>
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