501 ladder line #18 solid CCS copper thickness is 0.0717 mm http://copperweld.com/sites/copperweld.com/files/w30ccs-ed5230.pdf
RF skin saturation is well below 1 MHz using the calculator: http://owenduffy.net/calc/SkinDepth.htm 551 is #18, 19/30 stranded, #30 CCS copper thickness is 0.0178 mm John KN5L On 02/01/2017 01:18 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT wrote: > This may not always be possible. > > Copper-clad steel exists because it's stronger than copper. Wind, ice, > or simply a long span can exceed the strength of copper, and then you > don't have an antenna at all. > > "Over-engineering" by making the wire bigger also makes it heaver and > gives it a larger cross section (more windage). > > I guess you could take your large diameter copper and wrap it around > something else to hold it up, but that's basically the idea behind > copper clad steel. > > To me, the earlier post means that not all copper-clad wire is suitable > for all antennas -- with #553 as an example. > > 73 -- Lynn > > On 2/1/2017 10:57 AM, Clay Autery wrote: >> Well then... that seems to vindicate my desire to avoid CCS wire and >> "overengineer" with the use of larger wire diameters. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
