I used The Wireman 26 AWG and it is as they advertise, quite “invisible”. When operating at or above an average power of 25 - 35 watts on 40 mtrs, it gets warm after awhile. I finally elected to go with a similar 18 AWG wire and now I can work modes like PACTOR all day long without too much heat building up. The 18 is hard to see, just like the 26. I also installed a 1.5 KW UNUN when upgrading the wire, and that helped with heat buildup at that component. For reference, this is all when using a barefoot K4D.
Gary, N7BRJ On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 05:58 David Wilcox via Elecraft < elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > Not listed as “silky on their site but “silky wire” is a common name for > this kind of wire. Here is the description from The Wireman’s web site. > > Known as ‘Invisible’ Toughcoat ‘Silky’, this 26 AWG, 19 strand 40% > copper-clad steel (OD 0.020″) has the same jacket as #531 (nominal OD, > 0.050″ including 0.015″ jacket) but is also super small for that ‘low > profile’ antenna or pocket ‘weekender’ long wire. Weighs less than one > pound per 1000 feet! Not recommended for 160 meters. Note the low break > strength and use accordingly. Price is per foot. > > Dave K8WPE > > David J. Wilcox’s iPad > > > On Sep 26, 2022, at 4:56 PM, Bill Lederer <w8lv...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Folks: > > > > I think there was a little note in the KX2 bundle about the type of wire > > that is used in the counterpoise wires shipped with the KX2. However, I > am > > unable to locate it. > > > > I think it had "slick" in its name. > > Thanks, > > -- > > --w8lvn-- > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to djwilco...@yahoo.com > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to radiomem...@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
