Horizontal long wire MW aerial.

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In the end I bought a 3/8th inch rod as the 5/8th ones were a next day order item. Rod and clamp less than £5 from Screwfix.
Yes I will report on any improvements, at the moment reception on Gold on 1458kHz is diabolical, "right back in the box" as they would say in the days of CB, with 4 out of 5 bars on the signal strength meter, but then I thin 2 of the bars are interference.

Is the thickness of the conductor used for the aerial important from a reception point of view.
I have 1mm² tinned multistrand PVC wire and I have 5mm² solid copper PVC insulated cable.
I notice commercial antenna wire looks as if it is bare copper, does the PVC insulation make much difference?


thanks
Mike