Return-Path: Received: from mtain-df05.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtain-df05.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.64.217]) by air-mb04.mail.aol.com (v129.4) with ESMTP id MAILINMB043-a2c14c24636ac3; Fri, 25 Jun 2010 04:06:02 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by mtain-df05.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id 0903E3800027D; Fri, 25 Jun 2010 04:05:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1OS3tt-0002mw-Me for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:04:37 +0100 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1OS3ts-0002mV-Vo for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:04:36 +0100 Received: from fmmailgate06.web.de ([217.72.192.247]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1OS3ts-0005rb-7f for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:04:36 +0100 Received: from mwmweb034 ( [172.20.18.43]) by fmmailgate06.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67B0C3A57B4 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:04:30 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [84.63.101.126] by mwmweb034 with HTTP; Fri Jun 25 10:04:30 CEST 2010 Message-ID: <1845591504.511262.1277453070420.JavaMail.fmail@mwmweb034> From: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Horst_St=F6cker?= To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:04:30 +0200 (CEST) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-UI-Message-Type: mail In-Reply-To: <6DEA7E8987244A48846E44813972D608@TonyLaptop> References: <6DEA7E8987244A48846E44813972D608@TonyLaptop> X-Priority: 3 Importance: normal Sensitivity: Normal X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+k8p2Wa2OA9dY9ff6bikGjtRWtIdr+mdcIKBNLaUwe/WvYnGOGc14j UvaL8NBkSOAU9UGR4Xx7eua9GAbE18XSI/eORF3r3Y8/Aton4dUE3g== X-Spam-Score: 1.5 (+) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_32=0.836,HTML_MESSAGE=0.001,HTML_MIME_NO_HTML_TAG=0.512,MIME_HTML_ONLY=0.001,MIME_HTML_ONLY_MULTI=0,MPART_ALT_DIFF=0.137 Subject: Re: LF: Antenna wire Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00A9_01CB13B7.BCAF9E80" X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: **** X-Spam-Status: No, hits=4.2 required=5.0 tests=HTML_40_50,HTML_MESSAGE, HTML_MIME_NO_HTML_TAG,MIME_HTML_ONLY,MIME_HTML_ONLY_MULTI, PRIORITY_NO_NAME autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false x-aol-global-disposition: G x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d40d94c2463621338 X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) ------=_NextPart_000_00A9_01CB13B7.BCAF9E80 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-UI-ATTACHMENT-ID-POSTFIX: 6fe5731e-94a3-49bf-b2b4-f5458c3f7640 Hello Tony,
there are= two problems using RG58 that way: The antenna will be too heavy. Yo= u will never get a minimal sag even if you could tension the RG58 as it sh= ould be. But RG58 as well as the most other wires ore cables become longer= and longer because of their own weight.
You can buy special antenna= litz - good, but not cheap. Or you take field cable. You can get it as su= rplus. I bought some hundred meters of field cable from the NVA (ex DDR mi= litary). It is made of copper and (!) steel wires. So you can tension it= very well. I used my first antenna made of field cable cores for more tha= n six years before it ripped while a storm. My actual antennas are also ma= de of field cable cores.
The only problem ist that you have to split= the two cores that are twisted with each other. Just take a fishing swive= l, a bit of oil, two empty reels, a good friend and some bottles of beer= to the next soccer field. Fix the one end of the field wire with the fish= ing swivel. You can now reel the single lines and the swishing swivel will= turn and turn. After a while you should give a bit of oil on it. Otherwis= e the swivel will stop and the lines will be twisted more than before.vy73 Horst DO1KHS/DI2AN

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Von: Tony Baldwin <ei8jk@o2.ie>
Gesendet: 24.06.2= 010 17:10:17
An: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
Betreff:= LF: Antenna wire

Sorry to ask= a stupid newbie question but what is the best wire for my aerial ?

I had thought= about getting a couple of 100m rolls of cheapo RG58 and solder= ing the centre and screen together, or is there a better way ?
Tony, EI8JK

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