Is that correct tom? I was always under the impression that stranded wire was inferior as an antenna. It certainly isn't used for windings on the graphite antennas in radios or the loop antennas in the back of those old tube radios although it is used in the feed lines of 15 ohm ribbon cable.
I understood that reactance losses are pretty high particularly at the higher frequencies of RF. It is a long time though since I studied such things. ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Fowle To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 11:54 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Another Antenna question bill, The only reason to use braided wire is it is more flexible and won't tend to break so much from wind or other vibrations.. Other than that, it makes no difference at all except for physical strength. Don't forget to use some kind of insulators wherever you hang it or wherever it passes very near any other object. Almost any plastic will do for insulators. tom Fowle [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
