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[TowerTalk] Source for Radial Wire?

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Source for Radial Wire?
From: w2up@bellatlantic.net (Barry Kutner)
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 12:42:43 +0000
On 11 Jun 97, \ <dick.green@valley.net> wrote:

> Hi. I need a good source for radial wire for a 40M 4-square that I'm
> building.
> 
> I need about a mile (5,000 feet) of suitable 18 gauge wire. In the past,
> I've used uninsulated tinned wire (I'm open to alternate suggestions here.)
> I also need a few hundred feet of heavier gauge wire for bus bars.
> 
> Any info would be much appreciated. Thanks.
> 
> 73, Dick, WC1M
> 
I use 17 ga galvanized (electric fence) wire for my Beverages. Works 
fine, and it's cheap - about $13.00 per 1/2 mile at Agway. Should 
work for radials too.

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Barry Kutner, W2UP                            Internet: w2up@bellatlantic.net
Newtown, PA                                   Frankford Radio Club

                                           

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