[Antennas] RE: wire gauge
AA6DX
[email protected]
2003年7月11日 17:44:01 -0700
Exactly! Visit your local motor re-winding shop for "ends" --- been using
"magnet" wire for over 30 years. .. not with RG-17 hanging off of a dipole
of course, but for Perverted Vees... worky worky! 73 ... Mark, AA6DX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael J Maloney" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Antennas] RE: wire gauge
> RF at HF is not picky about wire size or type. Try what you can get
> your hands on. Stranded vs solid is strictly a personal preference or
> what one has on hand. I've used all kinds and my preference is for
> stranded black vinyl insulated hook-up wire around size 16, BUT solid
> magnet type wire will perform just as well electrically.
> For long spans (over 100') under tension, might dictate copperclad steel
> electric fence wire, strictly for mechanical reasons.
>> 73, Mike, AC5P
>> On 2003年7月11日 13:54:50 -0400 "Hart Engel" <[email protected]>
> writes:
> > When building my dipole antenna, what gauge of wire should I be
> > using? And
> > should the wire be a single strand or multiple wire? Also should the
> > wire be
> > coated or bare?
> >
>