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

Jim Brown jim at audiosystemsgroup.com
Thu Jul 25 13:51:30 EDT 2013


On 7/25/2013 9:11 AM, john at 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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