[Antennas] Thin wire appear thicker.

[Chris Keladis]

Hi all,

I have quite a bit of relatively thin copper wire recovered from some 
old transformers that i would like to use to construct an antenna.

I would like to construct a moxon, and was thinking with this grade of 
wire (perhaps about 0.1mm diameter, maybe a bit over) the usable 
bandwidth of the antenna will be quite narrow.

I'm thinking of making a few loops with this wire to make it appear 
thicker than it is, and was wondering if this would be effective (ie 
using the skin-effect)?

I'm thinking of either putting together a moxon or a cubical-quad, i 
just need to "thicken up" some of this copper wire i have.

Would appreciate thoughts/advice from the group.




Cheers & 73s,

Chris VK2FNET.