>sense. It is well known that window line is >lossy when wet.
I am curious if anyone has actually measured this over a range of frequencies.
Afaik, the "it's lossy when wet" is based on a model that I've seen some say
overstates the loss for a wet window line.
> I am feeding my vertical
>using 850 feet of open wire line with XHHW >insulation (whatever
>that is made out of).
XHHW uses cross-linked polyethylene insulation. It is very tough (it's used on
triplex-type power lines), and I would expect it to have essentially the same
electrical properties as "regular" polyethylene wire since it's very nearly the
same chemical composition.
> It would be interesting to measure the
>loss on a rainy day and see how much it >increased.
>Rick N6RK
You could probably do a more controlled test just wetting the lines with a
garden hose :-)
-Bill
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