Chefsdead
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 |  Subject: What wire  Tue Mar 14, 2023 8:24 pm | |
| Hi all i'v not been on for sometime here's a quick question for you lot i'm thinking of making a wire moxon .. which wire should I use and gauge of the wire. | |
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13oots2
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| | Subject: Re: What wire Tue Mar 14, 2023 10:33 pm | |
| I know nothing about this, a quick Google search brought up this page which has a calculator http://on5au.be/content/a10/moxon/moxpage.html | |
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Whyachi
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| | Subject: Re: What wire Sun Aug 20, 2023 11:31 am | |
| I used 1mm 316 Stainless Steel Wire Rope from a large hardware chain here in NZ. I wasn't very expensive for 50m of it. I joined it with electricians crimp links - the Antenna and wire works very well | |
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Alan Pilot
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| | Subject: Re: What wire Sun Aug 20, 2023 1:11 pm | |
| 1.5mm single core multi stranded copper is what i make aerials out of. | |
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