[Elecraft] Ladder line changes when wet (was KAT500...)

[Wes]

I never said that:

    A second measurement was then made after wetting the line with water to
    simulate what might happen in a typical
    outdoor application. Initially the water tended to bead up and run off,
    making it difficult to make meaningful
    measurements. I believe that a typical line used outdoors would quickly lose
    its water shedding ability as it degrades
    from sunlight and accumulates dust and other pollutants. To simulate this, I
    added a wetting agent to the
    water to create a water film on the surface. The results of this are
    probably worst case and not something that
    would necessarily be encountered in a typical installation...

As an aside, my late friend, Danny, K6MHE, sent me a piece of window line* that 
had been used on one of his dipoles suspended in the redwood trees in Ft. Bragg, 
CA.  It had moss growing on it. This would not be a problem at my QTH in the 
Sonoran Desert, especially considering that I would never use the stuff.

* I now prefer the term window line over ladder line, since the latter is used 
for both true open wire and polyethylene insulated line.

On 7/19/2025 10:11 PM, Jack Brindle via Elecraft wrote:
> There is no discussion about the effects of that wetting agent other than a (questionable) general assumption that it had no effects.