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wrapping ssb antenna on kevlar backstay
Dear all
May I pick-up on something mentioned in response to my earlier question. It was suggested that running a wire up a kevlar backstay is a simple soultion and avoids having to insulate a piece of conventional rigging. This sounds very sensible to me and plan to try it, it avoids having to mess with exposed connections to a wire backstay. However then Bruce in alaska said: Then just helical wrap the antenna wire around the Kevlar Backstay and have a really nice "Fully Loaded Antenna with alot of electrical length...... Could someone (Bruce perhaps?) explain this. Would I gain performance by simply wrapping the wire ? Is no of turns per length of backstay critical ? Is 'core' diameter critical ? Thanks Steve |
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