AI4BJ
| Joined: | Tue, Sep 2nd 2003, 12:14 | Roles: | N/A | Moderates: | N/A |
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| Vertical antenna using a wire as a radiator. What gauge? | N1AUP | 1 week, 5 days ago |
| What is the application? Is this for permanent (home) use, or for temporary/portable use? My thin-wall 30 ft fiberglass pole is intended for portable use, and would bend in half if I tried to hang 14 gauge wire from it! I use 24 gauge PTFE wire instead. Mark AI4BJ |
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| Grounding a 2nd Floor Ham Shack | KI5GXR | on 26/2/20 |
| I'm in a similar situation to you. My solution is to leave my antennas disconnected from my station when I am not on the air. Mark AI4BJ |
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| Point to Point Current Propigation | N2AOO | on 26/11/19 |
| Are you thinking of the Reverse Beacon Network? http://www.reversebeacon.net/ |
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| My Inverted V's PLASTIC COATING has all peeled off. Is this a problem? | K6PAA | on 19/6/19 |
| The wire insulation is only an insulator at DC. It is essentially invisible at RF frequencies. It would make for a pretty lousy antenna if that were not the case! :-) Bottom line: You should not see a discernible change in performance. 73, Mark AI4BJ |
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| FT8 | AG5P | on 30/5/19 |
| Yes, that's all it is. I'm baffled by its wild popularity, but to each his/her own! When I simply want to see how far my signal can travel, I use WSPR. When I want to make a QSO where I can actually converse with someone, I use SSB, CW or PSK31. Mark AI4BJ |
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