Dipole-2 different wire sizes?

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Dipole-2 different wire sizes?

On Mon, 2 Jul 2012 14:54:38 +0000, Joel365 wrote:

I have a dipole with 134 feet of 20 gauge insulated copper wire. What
would happen if I wanted to replace one leg (67 feet) with 18 gauge
copper clad insulated steel wire but chose to keep the other leg with
the 20 gauge wire?

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