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Subject: [Towertalk] MIG Wire for antennas?
From: ka4inm@tampabay.rr.com (Ronald KA4INM Youvan)
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 04:44:27 +0000
> Has anyone tried MIG copper clad steel wire in an antenna application?
> It is much less expensive than Copperweld. Pro's/Con's?

  It depends on which type you are talking about, I don't know if it is 

available in AWG 12 or not, looks mighty thin to me, and it must support
the weight of the balun/center insulator and coax.
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