I’m assembling something similar. I seriously doubt if I will ever add and amplifier to get above 100 Watts, so as I understand it, 14 AWG should be sufficient for an OCF dipole. But what if I should somehow, someday come into possession of a legal limit amplifier. Would 14 AWG still be sufficient, or would I need to use 12 AWG? I don’t ever want to take down the 16 foot poles attached to my perimeter fence to change the wire if I don’t have to, so before I raise the poles, I want to ensure that I have the correct wire for an optimistic future. From: BVARC [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of mark janzer via BVARC Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 10:32 AM To: Rick Hiller; BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Cc: mark janzer; KJ Anderson Subject: Re: [BVARC] Antenna wire? I agree with Rick - 14 awg stranded and hdpe vs. pvc insulated. No difference in RF performance between solid vs. stranded (from what I understand), but structurally the stranded will last longer from wind load flexing. 73 Mark K5MGJ On Tuesday, December 15, 2020, 09:56:58 AM CST, KJ Anderson via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: This is a permanent setup, is there any reason why I wouldn’t opt for solid copper? And if so, I should think the only concern would be oxidization, but is it really? Additionally, I intend to hang the wire off a high-tension plastic fishing line using plastic zip ties, so the tensile strength of the wire is trivial, it will not be load bearing (pulled tight, but only so it’s a nice straight wire, not structurally having to support its own weight, if that makes sense). ------------------------------------------------- KJ Anderson 253-380-2636 <http://www.linkedin.com/in/scrumnerd> www.linkedin.com/in/scrumnerd From: Rick Hiller <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 14, 2020 8:13 PM To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> Cc: Mark Janzer <[email protected]>; KJ Anderson <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [BVARC] Antenna wire? I’d lean toward insulated. Keeps inter-strand noise at a minimum. 135 feet—- 14 awg stranded at min. Alpha Delta uses 14 solid for their fan dipoles. So either way works, depending on how it is deployed. Wireman, DX Eng and others. GL. Rick. RH Sent from my i-Thingamajig
On Dec 14, 2020, at 7:31 PM, Mark Janzer via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: Check out: https://thewireman.com/product-category/antenna-materials/antenna-wire/ <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthewireman.com%2Fproduct-category%2Fantenna-materials%2Fantenna-wire%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7C5936d441b868479d775608d8a09ee41c%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637435951574289771%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=nhsVOYc47GyGW8srtI6IIuMRFXBZl1hEsN%2Fw755%2BUQw%3D&reserved=0> Flex weave is nice. On Dec 14, 2020, at 4:31 PM, KJ Anderson via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: I need input. I want to build an additional 40M EFHW, I’m wondering if the group has input or guidance on the best kind of wire to use for the long wire? It appears that the antenna manufacturers are happy to sell me “high-grade antenna wire” that is nothing more than regular 14AWG wire I could get literally anywhere for much less; my question is- has anyone tried anything more exotic? Is there a flavor of wire that works better/worse for antennas? I appreciate you all. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 73 de KJ5EMP <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] KJ in Cypress ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list [email protected] http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmail.bvarc.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fbvarc_bvarc.org&data=04%7C01%7C%7C5936d441b868479d775608d8a09ee41c%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637435951574299766%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=bkiSLYsDK4l%2FBnNrp5MmlBwBXUaL3pjL86ZQG37FDLQ%3D&reserved=0> ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list [email protected] http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmail.bvarc.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fbvarc_bvarc.org&data=04%7C01%7C%7C5936d441b868479d775608d8a09ee41c%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637435951574299766%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=bkiSLYsDK4l%2FBnNrp5MmlBwBXUaL3pjL86ZQG37FDLQ%3D&reserved=0> ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list [email protected] http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
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