> On Mar 10, 2019, at 11:25, Gedas <w8bya@mchsi.com> wrote:
>
> I am planning to put up a long inverted v antenna with it's feedpoint at 85'
> using 600' total wire (300' on each leg). The ends will be near the ground,
> only 20-25 feet high.
>
> My question is given that each leg of this antenna will be 300' long am I
> better off going with a lighter weight #14 THHN insulated stranded wire or
> some heavier #12 THHN stranded? I am not going to purchase a different wire
> that would be better suited like copper-weld etc since I have plenty of these
> other two and want to try something today.
>
> I realize there is going to be a _lot_ of sag in either case but I am not
> sure of the breaking strengths of either #12 or #14 and in the end which will
> help keep the wire up higher with less sag. Any ideas?
>
> Gedas, W8BYA
>
Don’t forget pulleys and weights for the end ropes.
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