Most of us have built wire antennas out of THHN and we find it difficult to
believe that the PVC coating is causing a loss over time. I have used
copperweld antenna wire at my home in Aruba and it held up poorly breaking
after a couple of years while THHN seemed to last with no degradation in the
same environment. I have no idea if there was any RF degradation. Kudos to
K2AV for putting his unpopular belief on towertalk. I have not seen his
measurements and I am do not know if the losses he describes are 0.1dB or
1.0db. I am certainly open to learning new things. I am also still
interested in his quick stripping method.
John KK9A
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] UV & WX deterioration....
From: Phil Coley <dxingman@bellsouth.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 13:42:51 -0500
This BS has been going on for over 4 days now! I started deleting my daily
digest (without reading them) after day 2!! Let's get back to something else
for the "experts" to argue about such as the merits of a G5RV antenna or an
end
fed wire antenna. Much more interesting and a lot less hostile! ;-)
Happy New Year to all!
73 Phil K4MPE
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