[Elecraft] OCF antennas

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

2012/3/11 Gary Ferdinand <alaparos at taconic.net>

> To round off this part of the discussion I'll add that what Guy relates in
> terms of wet window line is to some extent also true when using insulated
> wire (rather than window line) with spacers approximately every 18 inches.
> I'm using #14 THNN in my feeders with Ladder Snap spacers and the "wet
> settings" on the tuner, while not drastically different, are different
> enough to warrant some retuning on some bands.
>
> 73, Gary W2CS


Quite true.  Enough so that using that using 14 or 12 THHN for a folded
counterpoise experiences serious detuning in the rain, because it gets
"hanging" drops all over it due to surface tension.  For that and other
reasons, we tell people to use bare wire only in an FCP.   The FCP seems
more sensitive than THHN and spreaders to the drops.

73, Guy.