Hi Tom, ah, sorry, thought they were on the same side of the board. I will reread, but the wires *do contact the reflecters screws, or *do *not?
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, Tom Fowle wrote: > Spiro, > Just to clarify, the "V's" spread outwards from one 4 by 22 inch surface of > the > board, the reflectors are mounted to the other surface so they're only > seperated > from the "V's" by 3/4Ths inch. The feeders don't touch because you bend one > up a bit where they cross. > > Quality of wire is of no importance to this kind of thing at all, except > for corosion which is more easilly solved with a little spray paint than by > using expensive wire. There would be only microamps > of current flow if that and so wire resistance is totally insignifficant, > as it almost always is in anything but very high power systems. > > the darned thing is supposed to be cheap if you want to spend money > buy a commercial antenna. > > tom Fowle > > tom Fowle >
