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Old 10-31-2008, 08:24 PM   #12
Manual Garcia O'Kely
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Originally Posted by Richard Stouffer View Post
I've been wondering about using flat copper tape adhered (somehow) to the fiberglass roof of mine. I think that principle is akin to what the Air Force did on the supersonic bomber. I can't remember the material they used, but it was on the vertical stabilazor.

Anybody hear of anyone using copper or other conductive tape?
I know it's been done with VHF/UHF - to make antennas on glass for example - and there's no reason to think you could not do it with HF - if you did a loop around you could do it open-jaw [like a halo] or a true loop I guess.

The only caveat I'd raise is that most of the copper foil I've seen [which is what my wife uses for stained glass making] that is self-adhesive is pretty thin - I might worry about high current points melting it to be honest - I have no idea if this is a real danger or not, but I would think about it.

You could also try taping down a wire loop as an experiement - use packing tape or something like that? I don't know what would be appropriate up on that location.
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