What difference does oxidisation make on bare wire, ot tinning?? My feeders are mainly enamelled copper which won't corrode. Does the enamel make a significant difference? Hs anyone done the comparisons?
Guy Olinger K2AV <k2av....@gmail.com> wrote: > What you appear to refer to by "open wire line" is BARE wire with small > spacers widely separated. Performance changes a lot if the "open wire > line" is constructed with unstripped THHN. Particularly with surface > tension on new THHN. Where hung on the level in a misting rain, I have > seen a droplet per centimeter hanging on THHN insulation. Along with a > rather large variation in Z as seen in the shack. -- Brian Duffell Yarm England ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com