[TowerTalk] Wire

[Steve K8LX]

I've switched over to #12 THHN, and love it so far. I have a high full 
wave 80M diamond quad loop made from it with fairly high tension on the 
top half and have not noticed any lowering of resonant frequency so far.

Solid wire is nice cuz it's easy to clean if you need to re-solder anything.

-Steve K8LX

On 3/11/2021 6:29 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On 3/11/2021 3:15 PM, Dave Sublette wrote:
>> So I am considering just cutting new dipoles fromTHHN, probably #14. 
> 
> Hi Dave,
> 
> Other than that failed experiment with FlexWeave when I got back on the 
> air in 2003, I've never used anything but THHN for wire antennas. For 
> low-stress applications (not very high, no tall trees involved), Our 
> dipoles for FD, that get strung between ad hoc skyhooks or to ropes 
> launched into low trees are all #14 THHN solid. I've been happy with 
> #14; for my high dipoles suspended between very tall redwoods and fed 
> with 150 ft or more of RG11, I've settled on #8 bare copper, stretched 
> so that it approximates "hard drawn" and about #9. I've done this 
> because even #10 stranded or solid stretches under tension, so I had to 
> lower the dipoles every few years to snip a few feed off the ends.
> 
> #14 solid should be just fine for your application. Just be prepared to 
> tweak length every few years. :)
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC
> 
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