[ADXA] Question on antenna wire

[sbranyan at cox.net]

Thank you, Rory. I was thinking what a ice collector in an ice storm! Might have to come up with a heat gun drone for a such a scenario. LOL

Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: Rory Bowers [mailto:k6cks01 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2021 10:47 AM
To: Scott Branyan
Cc: ADXA
Subject: Re: [ADXA] Question on antenna wire

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. 

	 

	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.

	 

	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. 

	 

	Thanks and 73,

	Scott/W5AAJ

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