[Elecraft] Slightly OT: non-resonant wires

[Walter Underwood]

First you get a 53’ wire, then cut the string to the same length. :-)

When I was cutting wires for SOTA use, I attached one end to something that wouldn’t move, hooked the end of my 25’ tape measure to the same spot, then stretched them both out. I marked the 25’ point on the wire, then repeated the procedure.

For HF, exact dimensions rarely work. Anything close to the wire, like trees or houses, will electrically shorten the wire thanks to the capacitance. So a wire can be different electrical lengths with leaves on and off a tree.

wunder
K6WRU
Walter Underwood
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http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog)

> On Feb 9, 2016, at 1:12 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT <KX3 at ColdRocksHotBrooms.com> wrote:
> 
> I shouldn't have said anything about antennas, or how I was feeding it.
> 
> How would you measure a string 53 feet long?
> 
> On 2/9/2016 11:56 AM, Heinz Bärtschi wrote:
>> The matching range of the KX3ATU is specified as "typ. 20:1".
>> 
> 
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