Reg:

I think you quite correct--we should not be thinking "knotty thoughts"
anyway... grin

Warmest regards,
John
"Reg Edwards" wrote in message
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A knot in an antenna wire will have absolutely no electrical effect
below about 200 MHz.

But it will mechanically weaken the wire. During the next hurricane
or
loading with ice it will be more likely to break.
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Reg, G4FGQ


Buck says politely -

Your answer is surely correct, but not as interesting as the other
threads.

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Buck, may I suggest replacing "interesting" with "useless".
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Reg, G4FGQ

Nope!unless it might be mega-kink per inch sq....hey; mega-kink per
inch sq. that might wind up being something close to 1.5" copper pipe
which would be great. Just figure up some means of support for it.
This is a winner Ken. We can name it the Kenneth Kilo-Killer-Kink.

Butch KF5DE

Does a knot in insulated 16g stranded wire pose a problem
for a dipole at HF freqs? This is a 66' FD dipole, coax fed,
operating 40-10m with a KAT2 autotuner. The knots are 1/2"
away from the feedpoint & lock the antenna to it's center
insulator.

Ken

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Just my 2¢ worth... 73's es gd dx de Ken KGØWX
Grid EM17ip, Flying Pigs #-1055, Digital On Six #350,
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