This may not always be possible.
Copper-clad steel exists because it's stronger than copper. Wind, ice,
or simply a long span can exceed the strength of copper, and then you
don't have an antenna at all.
"Over-engineering" by making the wire bigger also makes it heaver and
gives it a larger cross section (more windage).
I guess you could take your large diameter copper and wrap it around
something else to hold it up, but that's basically the idea behind
copper clad steel.
To me, the earlier post means that not all copper-clad wire is suitable
for all antennas -- with #553 as an example.
73 -- Lynn
On 2/1/2017 10:57 AM, Clay Autery wrote:
Well then... that seems to vindicate my desire to avoid CCS wire and
"overengineer" with the use of larger wire diameters.
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