Philip Leonard WVØT wrote:
> I have quite a bit of small guage (#24 or so) stranded copper wire. I'm
> wondering if this will work for a beverage antenna. Does the size of
> the wire matter all that much? Will galvanized steel electric fence
> wire work (very strong and relatively inexpensive compared to copper).
I've received quite a number of off-reflector responses to my query.
Thank you to all who responded. The general consensus is the #24
doesn't have the strength but would make good radial wire. Never though
of that. I've always used #14 for radials. It appears I have a bunch
of radial wire now. Most responses indicated that the electric fence
wire will work OK. I have several hundred feet of that so I will give
it a try.
Philip
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