On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 11:41:20 -0400, "Jim Leder"
wrote:

I was having a discussion with another ham about dipoles and dipole
lengths, and a rather silly question came up that neither one of us was sure
of the answer. If a dipole is using INSULATED wire, can the electrical
length be altered by just wrapping the ends more or less around the antenna
wire when attaching the end insulator? Or does the INSULATED wire need to be
cut? He thinks it does shorten the dipole, I say it doesn't. Hope he is
right, it makes 'pruning' dipoles a lot easier.

Thanks

I just remove a foot or two of insulation from the end of the wire,
before threading it through the insulator, and wrapping it back upon
itself -- that's possibly stronger mechanically, and avoids your
question completely :-)

bob
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