Re: [TowerTalk] Ground Radials Insulated or Not

[Gary Schafer <garyschafer@comcast.net>]

Roger on that Don, you got it! I wrote in a hurry. Glad it was decipherable.

73
Gary  K4FMX

Don Havlicek wrote:
> Hmmm ... seems to me that ONE TIME less means it will carry NO CURRENT.
> What in heck does '2.5 times less' mean?
> I'm lost!
>
> [perhaps you meant 1/2.5 AS MUCH and 1/6.4 AS MUCH and 1/16 th AS MUCH?]
>
> Don
> N8DE
>
> Gary Schafer wrote:
>
> > #6 wire is often recommended to carry the current to ground.
> > #10 will carry 2.5 times less.
> > #18 will carry 6.4 times less than #10.
> > #18 will carry 16 times less than #6.



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