My experience using #14 aluminum fence wire with wire-wrapped connections
[splices] does not suggest that there is a problem. The objective is to get
a 'gas tight' connection as Hans states.
I suspect that this could be checked by modeling. One could put a 1 or 2 ohm
resistor [a really poor connection] in series with one or both legs of a
dipole. The resistance could be inserted at varying distances from the
center. I would not expect the inserted series resistance to provide a
significant change to the radiated energy from the dipole.
Tod, K0TO
> It is the square, hard pin that is the secret behind the
> good and reliable connection of wire wrapped connections. You
> will not even get a close result if you wrap a wire around a
> round pin. (Been there, done that, and that was tin plated Cu
> wire on tin plated Cu pins.)
> The sharp corners will press themselves into the softer
> metal in the conductor and form a "gas tight" connection.
>
> Hans - N2JFS
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