Re: [TowerTalk] Wire for prop pitch?

[Frank <frankkamp@att.net>]

Rick Karlquist wrote:

> Frank wrote:
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> > Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
> >    
>  
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> > #4?  Is that a typo?  Seems a little bodacious for open wire line.
> > Weight should be okay since it is aluminum.
> >    
> No.  I originally had the shack 1000 feet from the low
> band vertical.  It's nice to have 0.1 dB loss over 1000 feet
> of line on 160 meters.  They don't really sell aluminum much
> smaller than #4.  The light weight is great for suspending
> it.  I have been extremely pleased with this line.
>
> BTW, 5 inch spacing gives me 450 ohms. You have to account
> for the XHHW insulation.  Adds about an inch to the spacing
> vs bare wire.
>
> Rick N6RK
>
>  
Sounds great.

You can buy 250 foot rolls of #17 aluminum electric fence wire.  Costs 
about $7 a roll.  Good for wire antennas.  Probably not all that good 
for a 1000 foot run of lader line.
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