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Old July 23rd 07, 04:28 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Jim Lux Jim Lux is offline
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Default Building a marine type HF whip

Jeff wrote:
I would recommend getting a glass fibre fishing rod and sliding copper braid

Why not copper foil tape?
3M has several widths in both conductive and non-conductive adhesive
used for shielding.

braid has that horrible "corrosion between the strands causing problems"
issue, although if it's new, and you're glassing over it, it might not
be a problem.

Or, why not just run a bunch of magnet wire...


over it, then getting some thin glass fibre tape and resin and taping over
the braid. This is how some military vehicle whips are constructed. You can
then paint it if you wish.

73
Jeff
G8HUL