[ADXA] Question on antenna wire

[Rory Bowers]

Hey Scott,
My NA4RR Hexbeam came with the vinyl coated wire and during this winter I
did have a problem with high SWR.  I am sure it was ice that was causing
it.  After the first good sunny day the SWR was back down again.  On a
Hexbeam I think ice will cause problems no matter what you do considering
that the spreaders are supposed to be non-conductive too.  Under icing
conditions the whole thing turns into a big conductive mess :-)
73,
Rory, K5CKS

On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 10:11 AM <sbranyan at cox.net> wrote:

> The Hex Beam instructions I am looking at suggest using vinyl coated wire.
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> I've noticed through the winter the PAR EFHW antenna I put up, which has
> vinyl coated wire, tends to collect rain droplets and frozen precip much
> easier, and it really sticks to the coating, raising the SWR on the antenna
> when it happens. Haven't really noticed it as being much of an issue on the
> G5RV non-coated wire, and if it is, a simple shake of the wire gets rid of
> the droplets and snow/ice for the most part.
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> So should I use vinyl or non-vinyl coating on the Heax Beam wire? Don't
> know if there are any other performance +/- issues to the coating.
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> Thanks and 73,
>
> Scott/W5AAJ
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