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Roger
I am only quoting what the MAN said
himself
Am I the only one to twig what is going on.
On an other tack have you noticed the lack of
activity from Scotland these days, due I think to the HAGGIS shooting season
having been extended all year round especially in the Shetlands and Hebrides
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: LF: Re: Re: Re: Antenna
wire
Mal,
Wire you stirring things up
again?
73s
Roger G3XBM
On 25 June 2010 17:55, mal hamilton <[email protected]>
wrote:
He
is winding u folks up !!!!!!!!!!
A radio amateur for 40 years and never
heard of WIRE
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Baldwin"
<[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent:
Friday, June 25, 2010 10:14 AM
Subject: LF: Re: Re: Antenna
wire
> Sorry to bewilder you Dave, but when it comes to LF
wire aerials I really
am
> a complete newbie.
> Although I've
been licenced for over 40 years now, I have spent all my
time
> up
the "other end" of the spectrum.
>
> So, no I haven't really got
100m rolls of stranded cable kicking around in
> my shack. I do have a
6 foot dish, a couple of 30 foot long 2m yagis etc,
> etc, so any wire
needed for a 136 aerial I will have to go out and buy,
and
> before
I did that I wanted to make sure that I wasn't wasting my money on
>
the wrong stuff, plus wire shops are few and far between down this neck
of
> the woods.
> The only wire locally (nearest 15 miles) is CB
& TV coax, twin and earth
> electrical and electric fencing wire,
anything else is a 120 mile round
trip
> to Cork city or arm and a
leg postage.
> Thanks for the tip about loudspeaker cable, that might
be possible
locally.
> 73, Tony, EI8JK
>
>
>
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Sergeant" <[email protected]>
>
To: <[email protected]>
>
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 9:29 AM
> Subject: LF: Re: 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
soldering the centre and screen together, or is there a better
>
>> way ? Tony, EI8JK
> >>
> >
> > I have
been watching this thread with some bewilderment...
> >
>
> If the antenna you are putting up is a form of longwire, dipole
>
> (shortened I guess..), doublet, G5RV etc then it honestly
doesn't
> > matter one bit. Any piece of cheap stranded wire will
do, and the only
> > requirements are mechanical, ie to ensure it
stays up in the air.
> > Normal stranded 19/.76 or whatever will
do. Most of us have plenty of
> > this lying around the shack.
There is absolutely no purpose in using
> > coax, or for that
matter heavy electrical cable, as you will struggle
> > to keep
this horizontal and its weight will soon break the guys.
>
>
> > If on the other hand you are talking about resonant loops,
then it is
> > important to keep the dc resistance as low as
possible, especially on
> > 136 where the radiation resistance is
miniscule. When I used a loop on
> > 136 I used heavy gauge
loudspeaker cable, readily available in 100m
> > rolls, with the
pair shorted to make a single conductor. Don't bother
> > with the
'oxygen free' stuff, that is throwing money down the drain.. I
> >
don't think coax, any sort, will give you as low a dc resistance.
>
>
> > 73 Dave G3YMC
> >
> > http://www.davesergeant.com
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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