Re: [TowerTalk] Ground Radials Insulated or Not

["Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>]

> 2.   It'll last longer due to the protection the
insulation offers the metallic conductor;

I dig bare copper wire out of the ground that's 80 years
old, and it looks OK.

Just don't bury stranded wire or steel and use at least #16
and it will outlive the guy who buries it.

73 Tom

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