[TowerTalk] UV & WX deterioration....

[john at kk9a.com]

Most of us have built wire antennas out of THHN and we find it difficult to
believe that the PVC coating is causing a loss over time. I have used
copperweld antenna wire at my home in Aruba and it held up poorly breaking
after a couple of years while THHN seemed to last with no degradation in the
same environment. I have no idea if there was any RF degradation. Kudos to
K2AV for putting his unpopular belief on towertalk. I have not seen his
measurements and I am do not know if the losses he describes are 0.1dB or
1.0db. I am certainly open to learning new things. I am also still
interested in his quick stripping method.

John KK9A



To:	towertalk at contesting.com
Subject:	[TowerTalk] UV & WX deterioration....
From:	Phil Coley <dxingman at bellsouth.net>
Date:	Wed, 28 Dec 2016 13:42:51 -0500

This BS has been going on for over 4 days now! I started deleting my daily 
digest (without reading them) after day 2!! Let's get back to something else

for the "experts" to argue about such as the merits of a G5RV antenna or an
end 
fed wire antenna. Much more interesting and a lot less hostile! ;-) 
Happy New Year to all!
73 Phil K4MPE
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