[TowerTalk] 160m. Inverted L noise

[Alan Beagley]

AFAIK = "As far as I know"

73

Alan AB2OS


On 03/02/04 01:32 pm Rex Lint put fingers to keyboard and launched the 
following message into cyberspace:

> There MUST be multistrand wire that doesn't have this problem - hams have
> been using the stuff for years. I'm not sure what AFAIK means, but I'd hope
> it doesn't mean the multistrand stuff that home depot sells for house wiring
> (pulled thru conduit).   I've been happy with mine, and K1ZM used it in the
> trapped vertical for 160/80/40 that's in "Low Band DXing". But I havent
> compared it against a solid conductor vertical.

> -----Original Message-----
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> corneliuspaul at gmx.net
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> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 160m. Inverted L noise
> 
> 
> Hi Jose,
> 
> 
> I guess your "flexible wire" is a multistranded wire ('"litz wire")..?
> 
> AFAIK multistranded wire can develop the following problem:
> the individual tiny little wires oxidize on the surface and this oxide film
> acts as little diodes in between the individual wires, which
> generates the noise when those little wires rub against each other.
> 
> might be what is causing the noise on your inv L.
> 
> of course there is no problem on TXing.
> 
> I suggest you try putting up the solid wire again and see if the
> problem goes away... :-(