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June 6th 07, 05:12 AM
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Advice on long wire for 20, 40, 80 meters.
Bryan wrote: You wrote: The Shadow wrote: Thanks very much I shall pass it along Any advice as to wire guage? I have used lamp cord in the past. Lamont for simple, quick and dirty End Feed Wire antenna's, head down to your local Electrical Supply House and get a 500" Spool of #14 or #16 Stranded Wire for $5.00US, and have yourself a good time stringing it up in the trees. In a pinch, that'll work. However... the longer the wire, the more mass & weight. The softer and/or smaller the wire and the longer the length/weight, the more stretch. For the best long-term installation, either hard-drawn copper or copper-covered steel is a much better choice. I learned that lesson with my first 40m half-wavelength dipole. I used #14 soft-drawn copper... it gradually tuned itself lower in frequency, and then broke! Many people like to buy wire antenna stuff from The Wireman (http://www.wireman.com/). I found the product line and pricing to be better at Davis RF (http://www.davisrf.com/). 73, Bryan WA7PRC PS: CU during FD as W7MRG (2A WWA) Oops... the URL for The Wireman would be http://thewireman.com/ |
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