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Yup. The difference will be that as the thickness of the wire changes, it's velocity factor also changes so the length will vary from thin to thick wire a bit.

Cut long, trim later.

It should work pretty well. Sometimes with antennas it's hard to admit that something simple will work as well as something that looks much more convoluted. It gets a lot worse with higher frequencies too. UHF 1/4 wave are just tiny suckers but they still get the job done...it just doesn't 'look like' it should work.

[QUOTE="SR385, post: 95305, member: 3106"] Yup. The difference will be that as the thickness of the wire changes, it's velocity factor also changes so the length will vary from thin to thick wire a bit. Cut long, trim later. It should work pretty well. Sometimes with antennas it's hard to admit that something simple will work as well as something that looks much more convoluted. It gets a lot worse with higher frequencies too. UHF 1/4 wave are just tiny suckers but they still get the job done...it just doesn't 'look like' it should work. [/QUOTE]

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