[TowerTalk] Fw: Feeding single band HF yagis 500+ ft from the shack

Lux, Jim jim at luxfamily.com
Tue May 17 09:16:53 EDT 2022


On 5/16/22 5:38 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> What happens when the open wire gets wet?
>
> John KK9A


If it's a really "open" wire line (as in two conductors separated 
periodically by a small spacer, almost nothing, other than the wire gets 
clean.

If it's windowline, which is dielectric covered with holes in the "web" 
periodically, then there's some increased loss at higher frequencies.




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