On 10/14/2012 5:04 PM, gipy wrote:
I am using a long wire in the trees coming straight to my tuner but I need to route the feed line underground to keep it stealth and I can't seem to find any articles on this topic.
My question...
I would like to use insulated wire or does it have to be coax only and would I lose performance?
Someone told this type of antenna would act as a lighting rod and would be dangerous.
My other question...
Why would it be more dangerous than any other antenna when most receivers and transceivers are grounded in some way?
Thanks in advance


Well you cannot bury open wire and expect any results. What frequency
are you operating on? Are you transmitting? I think your best bet at
this point is to bury coax and feed a dipole antenna if you are
transmitting. Random wire antennas perform even worse than G5RVs. They
are about the worst.