I remember the Slinky's being copper plated. I wonder if the skin depth lowered losses on 160 meters.
Mike N2MS > On 09/14/2021 9:33 PM W0MU Mike Fatchett <w...@w0mu.com> wrote: > > > I have a drawer full of slinky's the steel version. I recall that > someone was making slinky beverages for people that could not stretch > out 300 plus beverages. I never got around to making one. Maybe the > slinky's are collector items now and I can get my money back! HI! > > W0MU > > On 9/14/2021 5:08 PM, Grant Saviers wrote: > > A bad idea when the Slinky is steel. Helical wound copper wire > > antennas do work, for TB we used a wound vertical on a FG pole at H40TT. > > > > It was amazing to me that EZNEC will auto generate a helix wire of > > arbitrary dimensions, pitch, and segmentation. > > > > Grant KZ1W > > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector