Re: [IRCA] antennas on unowned land

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Bob Young <youngbob53@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> Home Depot isn't cheap that's for sure, I paid about 75 bucks for the
> last 
> roll I bought a few months ago. THHN is stranded which I have heard
> is 
> better for antennas, something to do with the skin effect?
> 
>

That applies certainly to loops, however there is debate as to the
applicability of that to longwires/BOG's. But for the latter it is also
a certainty that stranded is much easier to work with.


Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA  ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20ID
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'
AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 & 4' FET air core loop

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