[TowerTalk] 80M antenna wire size

[Jim Brown]

On 1/6/2020 5:47 AM, jimlux wrote:
> On 1/5/20 7:11 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> 
>>
>> What I HAVE done (about ten years ago) was to add a second #10 THHN to 
>> my Tee vertical for 160M, spaced roughly 8-10 inches from the first, 
>> wired in parallel top and bottom. The vertical section is 100 ft. The 
>> measured result was to approximately double the SWR bandwidth.
> 
> So, going from l/d  of 12000 to 120 -> that's a big, big difference, and 
> the change in SWR bandwidth would be expected.

Yes. And this technique is probably older than I am.

73, Jim K9YC