I will be putting up a random length 'long wire' antenna (~ 50 feet+ length) for my ham radio, basically attaching the end (with suitable insulator) to an unused pin on masthead (intended for backstay, I presume). And I will use stranded wire.
Question:
1. Should I use insulted wire to help protect copper from salt environment?
2. Is it worth getting tinned copper wire? I ask this because of my concern that bare stranded copper wire will corrode. It seems that the strands, if corroded, will be 'insulated' from the other strands – potentially setting up mini rectification points when transmitting rf?
3. If insulated wire is used, which insulation will stand up to uv
I am probably over engineering this, but..
Thanks
Question:
1. Should I use insulted wire to help protect copper from salt environment?
2. Is it worth getting tinned copper wire? I ask this because of my concern that bare stranded copper wire will corrode. It seems that the strands, if corroded, will be 'insulated' from the other strands – potentially setting up mini rectification points when transmitting rf?
3. If insulated wire is used, which insulation will stand up to uv
I am probably over engineering this, but..
Thanks