Why Solder the Ends of Stranded Antenna Wire ?
To Solder or Not Solder the Ends of Stranded Antenna Wire ?
I was taught many years ago that it was always
a good Idea to Solder the Ends [1/2"~1" of my
Stranded Antenna Wire to Electrically Bond
them on both Ends in case any individual strands
should break.
+ Plus on the Feed-End the Soldered Stranded Wire
made for a better Mechanical Connection to the Hardware.
* Also the claim is that the Solder & Iron/Steel/SS
'connection' was less likely to Corrode then Copper
& Iron/Steel/SS.
? Is Soldering the Wire Ends common practice ?
=Alternatively= I have been told to only Solder the
Stranded Antenna Wire at the Feed-End; and
then Tie-a-Knot in the Far-End about an Inch or
two from the End {Overhand Knot or Loop Knot}
-and-then-to- Separate-out the individual wires into
a Porcupine {half-ball} so that the Static Electricity
could bleed-off and reduce some of the the static
'noise' on the Antenna Wire.
? Does splaying the Far-End Antenna Wires really
help to Bleed-off the Static build-up on the Wire ?
thinking about the things i do . . .
and the why of it all ~ RHF
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