[Elecraft] wire for random wire antenna using kx3

[Edward R Cole]

I see the humour genes is alive and well in some hams!

But seriously plastic coated wire will work on HF antennas, though 
you may see a slight lenthening of resonant length vs bare wire.

My 80m/40m fan inverted-V is made of coated copper-weld and I just 
tuned it using my MFJ-269B antenna analyzer.  My 43 by 122-foot 
inverted-L (630m band) is also the same copper-weld steel.  It uses a 
huge base coil that set the tap for resonance.  Z = 20 +0j  It warms 
worms well in the winter with 100w input and 4w EIRP.

Years ago I made a light-weight 80m dipole using 18ga speaker 
wire.  Worked Anchorage over 500 mi with 100w from a checkpoint on 
the Iditarod Sled Dog race.

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