[Antennas] Balanced line optimum conductor spacing?
Bob Wilder
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2002年1月05日 15:49:38 -0600
Back in the late 1940's and early 1950's mycalex was used for spacers.
The rule of thumb was 6 inch spacing with #12 wire was 600 Ohms,
4 inch spacing equaled 400-450 Ohms. Back then I used a 250 foot
center fed with 6 inch spacing and it worked great on 160 and 80.
At 03:27 PM 01/05/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>>> Gene Mason wrote:
>>> > The technical data on designing and constructing open
>> > wire feeders, suggests that the wire is not insulated and low loss
>> > spreaders are used. To do otherwise will produce undesireable
>> > results.
>>I question the validity of these statements. Most open-wire feeders that I
>have seen have been constructed from enameled copper wire, hence are
>insulated. What "undesireable results" obtain from the use of insulated
>wire?
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73
Bob Wilder, AF2HD / AFA2HD(USAF MARS)
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