In article 55bad1be-b465-474f-8575-a8bfe05b57d4@
11g2000prv.googlegroups.com, says...
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.

I do that too.


+ 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.

I suppose so, but I never mix the two in the first place. I use ceramic
insulators and there is no electrical connection between copper and
steel/iron. I must be doing something right, the oldest one is still up,
even though the coax going to it has died of old age.


? Is Soldering the Wire Ends common practice ?

As far as I know, yes.


=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.

Never heard of such a thing. I use insulators at each end, and in the
old days I used a neon bulb or a 12V tail light bulb as a bleed off. I
went to gas discharge tube arrestors a long time ago. The 12V bulb made
a really nice light show on winter days when the wind was really going.


? Does splaying the Far-End Antenna Wires really
help to Bleed-off the Static build-up on the Wire ?

Again, I've never heard of such a thing, and I've been SWL'ing for about
45 years.


thinking about the things i do . . .
and the why of it all ~ RHF
.

Nothing wrong with that.

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