I think there was an NCJ article several years ago about using insulated
wire. To my memory it said to shorten the length by 5%. Did I
hallucinate this or does anyone else remember such an article in NCJ
W0ETC
On Thu, 3 Oct 2002 20:10:53 EDT Cqtestk4xs@aol.com writes:
> I picked up an enormous amount of #12 multi-stranded wire for next to
>
> nothing, but it was insulated. When making my quad loops for my 80m
> meter
> array I was surprised to find that they were all cut too long and
> were
> resonant down below 3500. I cut and tested a few times and wound up
> lopping
> off around 15 feet or so from all the if I remember correctly.
>
> I like using the insulated wire. It never kinks or knots on me when
> I raise
> and lower the arrays into the brush for maintainence.
>
> Bill K4XS
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