A Guide to Choosing the BEST HF Antenna Wire!

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• GM

  @gmcjetpilot · 2 weeks ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CCEVPFZr8g&amp;t=353">5:53</a> you all need to correct that. Velocity factor makes the wire length shorter, not longer. So if you omit velocity factor (2% to 15%) your wire will be longer than optimal. &nbsp;To keep the electrical length resonant at your target frequency, you must trim the physical wire to a shorter measurement when velocity factor is included.

• KE

  @KellyeK1SOE · 8 months ago

  Really excellent show, guys!

• LE

  @lexheath8276 · 8 months ago

  I&apos;m a flexweave fan, especially for 1.8 MHz lengths.

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• JP

  @jptucsonaz8503 · 8 months ago

  Regular BLACK &nbsp;insulated THHN 12 or 14 gauge house wiring works great for permanent antennas.

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• HA

  @haxwithaxe · 8 months ago

  I get my antenna wire from only the finest dumpsters

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• RO

  @robertmeyer4744 · 8 months ago

  Great show ! Love the gust ! &nbsp; Some Rig Expert ones will do villosity factor . You have to measure the coax . My Zoom model does. &nbsp;It does more when connected to computer . DX 50 is from DX Commander directly . &nbsp;Super strong . Kevlar core with copper braded on outside like a shield. &nbsp;Handles NY winters !!! We just had a 80 MPH wind storm in Boston NY with foot of snow. Trees down all over. &nbsp;Sparking power lines. Like a CAT 1 Hurricane but with snow. Then we got 2 to 3 in more next day. &nbsp;Syracuse NY got the worst of it, Shut the city down !! &nbsp; I knew M2MAK got some of it, All over my local news . Lake Erie has a Stench coming off &nbsp; of it. I am inland on a ridge . No smell hear but the ridge makes the wind stronger if coming from west &nbsp;and makes rain/snow pile up . It is wind direction hear that makes us get buried in feet of snow or nothing . It can change that much hear . We can have sun and next town over 3 ft snow. &nbsp;I have that DXE pink wire 14 AWG is is great. full KW easy and bright color matches girlfriends knickers giving me 3 DB signal boost ! &nbsp;Black light at night and looks like a neon tube . &nbsp;Great stuff ! 73

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• GA

  @garybales8831 · 1 month ago

  Try living in Mississippi

• GR

  @Greg-et2dp · 4 months ago

  Coffee and ham radios your YouTube videos are awesome &nbsp;and your live stream is awesome and your videos shorts are awesome 👌 👏 👍 my friends and 73 to you 👍 🎉🎉🎉😅

• MA

  @madb132 · 8 months ago (edited)

  I have always used 12swg Enameled coated Hard drawn copper wire for long wire/half wave Antennae. Had a weight on the far end to keep it tight via a pulley wheel, Never seemed to stretch. Can&apos;t seem to find it for sale in Europe now tho. Using Stainless steel stranded 1mm at the moment . Has 84kg load. Squirrels! Use garlic or chilli/hot spices will keep them away from chewing your wires.<br> Squirrels hate it. 👍

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• S8

  @s8250pa · 3 weeks ago

  Experience is what you get when you didn&apos;t get what you wanted.

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  @321CatboxWA · 8 months ago

  Antenna wire pre- stretching is only for guys that want their wire antenna to stay in tune and quads to stay in shape. While I have your attention, &nbsp;doubling small gauge bare wire and winding it with a drill then pre stretching it for reasons. &nbsp; Because that is the only wire at home depot worth using .

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• GR

  @Greg-et2dp · 4 months ago

  Coffee and ham radios iam thinking about getting my techican class license I want to be a ham operator &nbsp;I have a learning disability in math but I can learn lot about impednce watts and ohms volts &nbsp;my friends &nbsp;and 73 to you