Re: wire for random wire antenna using kx3

Posted by riese-k3djc on Dec 17, 2018; 9:24pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/wire-for-random-wire-antenna-using-kx3-tp7647146p7647163.html

if you can find telephone house service wire,,, is copper clad and
impossible to brake


Bob K3DJC


On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 09:04:04 -0900 Edward R Cole <[hidden email]>
writes:

> I see the humour genes is alive and well in some hams!
>
> But seriously plastic coated wire will work on HF antennas, though
> you may see a slight lenthening of resonant length vs bare wire.
>
> My 80m/40m fan inverted-V is made of coated copper-weld and I just
> tuned it using my MFJ-269B antenna analyzer.  My 43 by 122-foot
> inverted-L (630m band) is also the same copper-weld steel.  It uses
> a
> huge base coil that set the tap for resonance.  Z = 20 +0j  It warms
>
> worms well in the winter with 100w input and 4w EIRP.
>
> Years ago I made a light-weight 80m dipole using 18ga speaker
> wire.  Worked Anchorage over 500 mi with 100w from a checkpoint on
> the Iditarod Sled Dog race.
>
> 73, Ed - KL7UW
>    http://www.kl7uw.com
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