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Re: [TowerTalk] 80M antenna wire size

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 80M antenna wire size
From: Tony Brock-Fisher via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Tony Brock-Fisher <barockteer@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2020 20:54:06 -0500
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My question - if I replaced the solid #14 wire with black Teflon coated #20
stranded tinned copper wire am I giving up anything in performance? I would
think the Teflon wire would hold up okay?

Note that using insulated wire instead of bare wire will add some capacitive loading, and the elements will resonate at a lower frequency for the same length.

I built a triband quad using teflon insulated #18 silver plated stranded copper wire. It did come out lower in frequency. Other than that it has held up fairly well.

-Tony, K1KP

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