Hello,

That's true at UHF but it should be OK at least for the 2m band depending on
the PVC type.
The better choice is PTFE but it's not really cheap!
Another alternative is glass fiber (or wood).

73 de F8BOE Olivier ...-.-


Al Dykes wrote:




A friend is telling me that PVC has crappy electrical characteristics
and having my wire against it for the entire antenna not good.

I've been making simple VHF antennas with small diameter PVC pipe cut
and glued to make the rigid structure and then taping 12ga copper wire
to the PVC to make the elements.

Should I switch to something else ?