Greetings: Preparations continue for TransAtlantic II, the test transmissions from here in Eastern Ontario on 137.710 kHz are now heard widely in the USA and Canada. Moving forward through the lists
Aluminium? Much lighter so you can use larger diameters. I use it extensively now, without problem to date but can only claim a 40m span folded dipole with 2.5mm diameter wire. Brian, CT1DRP Preparat
Preparations continue for TransAtlantic II, the test transmissions from here in Eastern Ontario on 137.710 kHz are now heard widely in the USA and Canada. Larry, It would help if you could give an id
Larry, Mentioned for completeness, at the Quartz Hill ZL6QH DX station, of which I am a member, we decided to use high tensile 12 gauge galvanised steel wire for replacement of any of the long Vee an
There is also the issue of reduced skin depth and extra losses when using steel wire, or any other magnetic material for that matter. Skin depth reduces as the square root of relative permeability, w
At 08:37 30/06/00 +0100, G4JNT wrote: There is also the issue of reduced skin depth and extra losses when using steel wire, or any other magnetic material for that matter. Skin depth reduces as the s