"G.Beat",
"Ubi est ignus?"
'Doc

Tu ubi sub ubi?

A

"G.Beat",
"Ubi est ignus?"
'Doc

In seriousness, think it is, "Ubi ignus est?" unless I've forgotten all my
Latin.

Now, who wants to do a Smith Chart in Coptic Egyptian?

Getting back to antennas, has anyone ever used 24 ga. high tensile strength
stainless steel wire (think aircraft safety wire) as an antenna? I need a TRUE
stealth design, as I've got more XYL restrictions than CC&R restrictions (yea,
I know...get a new XYL....but too expensive, and this one is a GREAT cook!).
I've got a roll I'm going to try out (nice neighbor with a tall tree 160 ft
away) but would like any comments, etc. Max power out will be around 100W or
so (Alinco DX70). Tuner will be the EDX-2 Alinco. (thus, piece of cake for
tuning....but wondering about general comments on the SS wire) Comments?
Modeling the install after the ARRL handbook on end-fed antennas
w/counterpoise(s) for autotuner. 80-10M range.

Tnx!
Andrew

A

AA wrote:
I need a TRUE
stealth design, as I've got more XYL restrictions than CC&R restrictions (yea,
I know...get a new XYL....but too expensive, and this one is a GREAT cook!).

Ham antennas should be part of any pre-nuptial agreement. :-)
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp



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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

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