[Elecraft] The "Kinda Random Antenna"

[Clay Autery]

Thanks...  and if I missed a response from the OP, thank as well.

Well then...  that seems to vindicate my desire to avoid CCS wire and
"overengineer" with the use of larger wire diameters.
And it clues me in to pay attention to every single detail when
designing a transmission line system.

Thanks again...

73,

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Clay Autery, KY5G
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On 2/1/2017 6:25 AM, John Oppenheimer wrote:
> Wireman 553 uses a 19 strand Copper Clad Steal (CCS) conductor which
> results with very thin copper cladding. 553 is skin saturated at about
> 15 MHz. The loss at 1.8 MHz is approximately 0.21 dB per 100 feet.
>
> http://www.kn5l.net/wm553/
>
> Using EZNEC and SimSmith for the antenna below results with 13.8 dB
> transmission line loss. Slightly greater loss then Wes' calculations.
>
> John KN5L
>
> On 01/31/2017 04:12 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
>> A 130' dipole, 60' high on 160 has a feed point Z of ~4.5 -j1200.  One hundred 
>> feet of Wireman 553 (typical ladderline) will transform this to ~7.5 +j16 at the 
>> input.  The total loss in this "low-loss" line is over 12 dB.
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