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Jerry Martes wrote:
I plan to make a 6 element Yagi for FM reception at about 100 MHz. I would like to use 1/8 diameter mild steel wire for the parasitic elements. I have absolutely no experience with mild steel for antennas, but thought it would be more bird tolerant than the copper wire model I made. I'd sure appreciate hearing from anyone who knows about mild steel for "VHF" antennas. Jerry Will rust like hell. Aluminum close line wire is pretty cheap and fairly thick and sturdy. Brazing rod is a bit more expensive and really sturdy unless you have eagles perching on your antennas. -- Jim Pennino Remove -spam-sux to reply. |
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Stainless welding wire, comes on a 500 metre roll.
Or get a length of the 1/4 inch plumbers microbore tube also hard drawn copper wire is quite sturdy on sorter lengths. You just anneal it and stretch till it feels springy, by clamping wire in the vice and wrapping the other end round a stick stretch to your specks by pulling on the stick. |
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