Topband: Fsj4 series heliax around a rotor

Tom W8JI w8ji at w8ji.com
Sun Jun 8 16:24:24 EDT 2014


> That's what I was thinking all along. If you put enough large loops in it,
> you could even get away with using 3/4" aluminum hardline. :-)  Of course,
> that doesn't mean it should be done.

Even the CB operator down the road does this. He has regular 7/8th inch and, 
as far as I know, it has been like that at least ten years without an issue. 
That antenna flip flops in the wind all the time.

If a CB operator who has a ground system consisting of wires stuck in a jug 
of saltwater (he actually has that) can figure out to use a couple large 
circles in the heliax to his Joe Gun beam to stop breakage,  I expect Hams 
could figure it out.  :)




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