"Jimmie" Gfender@carolina dot.rr.dot com wrote in message
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I want to make a 2m Yagi out of stainless steel, partly because of the
corrosion resistance but mostly because I have the materials on hand. Some
of my friends have tried to tell me that the higher ohmic resistance of SS
will make for a poor antenna. Frankly I do see that it would make any
significant difference. While SS has several times the resistance of AL I
figure we are just comparing micro ohms to milliohms.at worst, probably
more
like micro ohm to tens of micro ohms. I am a correct on these assumptions
or
should I listen to my friends.


If you have the materials go ahead and make the antenna. SS is just harder
to work with for most people and weighs more. YOu will loose some gain but
unless you are into very weak signal work it will not be too noticable. I
have an 8 element quagi for the 220 mhz band I made using SS welding rods
for the directors. It works beter than a 6 element beam I had up in the
same place. It also works much beter than the 11 element CC antenna that
was also in the same place.