[Elecraft] RE: zip cord as antenna wire

[Joe - aa4nn]

If zip cord or speaker wire is bad for a transmission line, what if I use
300 ohm tv lead as the transmission line to a 44 foot center fed dipole?  Is
300 ohm any better ?
de Joe, aa4nn

> I had known that this means that zip cord makes bad transmission line.
> Does it also imply that it makes bad antenna wire?  That is, does an
> unzipped cord, single wire, radiate much worse than wires with other
> kinds of insulation, when used in a tuned dipole?