Ham antennas should be part of any pre-nuptial agreement. :-)

Yup...but I got my ticket AFTER marriage....c'est la vie.

A

AA,
Simper ubi sub ubi! And after 30 some years I'm lucky
to get any of it right much less in the right order.
Stainless steel is supposed to be 'not the greatest'
conductor for antennas, but, as long as you already have
it, why not? If you have to go buy a spool of it, you might
try some 18ga. 'CopperWeld'. Probably cheaper...
'Doc

On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 04:53:36 GMT, "G.Beat"
wrote:

"'Doc" wrote in message ...


"G.Beat",
You might take a very close look at the quoted articles.
I think you will find that neither antenna is as much of a
'dog' as they are made out to be, and that there are
distinctions
that have very little practical meaning. And no matter who
wrote
the articles, you should be aware of the intended audience...
'Doc


The purpose of the web site reference is for the reader to
understand how the antennas are constructed.

I have no opinion on either antenna ... your reference
of 'dog' and 'intended audience' is non sequitur

w9gb

I think you got your own non sequiters in there. To use your own
words:

"Does it work? Quality made? Does the product have value? (For what
you
paid .. does it work well?)"

If the antenna does work, if it has value (for what you paid...does it
work well) -- and if it does, then the article has little value other
that to look at "quality construction" issues that may or may not be
relevant.

Bob
k5qwg



non sequitur ['n?n 's?kwit?]
noun
1 a statement having little or no relevance to what preceded it

2 (Logic) a conclusion that does not follow from the premises
Abbrev.: non seq
[ETYMOLOGY: Latin, literally: it does not follow]

Simper ubi sub ubi!
Still laughing....what was the old line, "if you ever get in a traffic
accident...."

, but, as long as you already have
it, why not?

Yup....this stuff is very high tensile strength SS and is approx. 24 gauge.
I'm going to try it, just wondered if there were any caveats before doing so.
The ARRL handbook of course recommends copper, but the SS wire is just about
invisible against the sky. Keeps me out of the dog house (and one of these
days I'm gonna wire that sucker and put in air/heat ala the infamous Baker
Doghouse...at least I can have my radios while therein!!)

Many thanks for the comments (always have to get my daily dose of
rec.radio.amateur.antennas!)

Andrew