[Elecraft] Antenna wire gauge, etc

[Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy]

Ken Kopp K0PP wrote:


> A couple of things to keep in mind ... RF flows on/near the surface of a 
> conductor, and the correct
> length of an antenna made from insulated wire will
> be slightly different than the formula-calculated length.

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FWIW a horizontal dipole using plastic covered Flexweave cut to the 
formula-calculated length is roughly 2-1/2 % too long at 40m and 3 % too 
long at 6m when in the clear and a half wavelength or more above ground. It 
needs to be shortened if it has to be resonant at the working frequency.

73,
Geoff
GM4ESD