Hey guys, trying to keep the SSB forum rolling along.
Has anyone tried to feed strand copper wire into the core of any type of rope? I have read about it but have never seen any websites that illustrate how to do it. One site said to remove the core of the rope and replace with the stranded copper wire.
FYI, I am still playing around with single wire antennas at my home. Currently using 37 feet of 14-guage but cannot not tune 14300 kHz very well. So far my best length has been 40.8 feet. Tuned 14300 kHz just great with a full 100 watts out (according to the tuner). My next will be 44 feet of 14-guage speaker wire with 25 feet of counterpoise still attached to the 44 feet. In other words, I will not separate the speaker wire, just one length 44 feet and the other 25 feet. This should be fun. Kind of like a GAM but without the glam. LOL
73's
DE KF6BL
Has anyone tried to feed strand copper wire into the core of any type of rope? I have read about it but have never seen any websites that illustrate how to do it. One site said to remove the core of the rope and replace with the stranded copper wire.
FYI, I am still playing around with single wire antennas at my home. Currently using 37 feet of 14-guage but cannot not tune 14300 kHz very well. So far my best length has been 40.8 feet. Tuned 14300 kHz just great with a full 100 watts out (according to the tuner). My next will be 44 feet of 14-guage speaker wire with 25 feet of counterpoise still attached to the 44 feet. In other words, I will not separate the speaker wire, just one length 44 feet and the other 25 feet. This should be fun. Kind of like a GAM but without the glam. LOL
73's
DE KF6BL