On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 8:10 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire <[email protected]> wrote:
> Assuming the heat question was from a safety standpoint, I'd be more > concerned with corona discharge than heat. > > Many attic antennas have very limited attention paid to insulating the > high-impedance points, assuming the dry wood rafters are adequate. There > are > been reports of fires caused by just such assumptions where the high > impedance end of the wire was near dust and other combustible materials. > > Ron AC7AC Ron I did not realize that heat was a factor in an attic dipole. I lived in an Apt complex in Lansing, Hich and I ran a 119ft dipole in > Lansing, Mich. Fed with coax. The antenna wire was insulated #14 wire. Paul Gates > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- Paul, KD3JF Glen Burnie, MD ______________________________________________________________ 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
