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Originally Posted by Joel365
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?
Tks,
Joel
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The resonance will change because of the conductivity of the copper wire vs the copper clad wire.
Although the electrons travels on the outside ( skin ) of the wire, the core still plays a part in the equasion because the resistance changes with the materials.
July 3rd 12, 12:59 AM
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