When building an HF radio antenna for a specific frequency do I have to cut the wire or can I simply wrap the excess?
I have a SOF-230 HF Antenna Kit from C&S Antennas. The kit includes (4) Antenna Wires each 63' in length. The wires are insulated and terminated with very well constructed connectors and strain relief, obviously not meant to be cut.
The documentation provides a frequency to antenna length table and vaguely states "see Table 1 and use the given length for the antenna wire."
My hunch is that simply wrapping an insulated wire does nothing to determine its electrical length and will make for a pretty poor antenna.
C&S Antennas
SOF-230 Antenna Kit Brochure
Threaded Mode
