"Jerry Martes" wrote in message
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Thanks for the good information on steel elements for a 100MHz yagi. I
think I was concerned about something that didnt exist. I thought the
fact that the steel was magnetic might effect the elements. I'm
comfortable with using this steel wire now. I saw the straight lengths of
wire at Home Depot where they sell it for hanging Drop Ceilings. It may
not be a rust problem because of the coating on the wire But, the
antennas will be in the San Diego Calif. desert anyway, so rust isnt a big
problem. Besides, these are gifts so the new owners cal deal with the
rust if they want clean *and* cheap.

PS I'm building this (actually several) antenna for friends who live far
enough away from the city that their radio reception is poor. This
"building of antennas" is strictly fun and learning for me. There is no
chance of my buying any commercial antenna, even if it costs me more to
build one. I did build one with copper elements and it worked very well.

Jerry

Jerry -

In the Popular Electronics July 1969 (VHF/FM) and December 1971 (UHF) ran a
series of articles for homebuilding
FM, VHF and UHF antennas. George J. Monser was the author of these
articles, "Build the Pyramidal TV/FM antenna" who the lived in the Santa
Barbara, CA area.

gb