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1. [Towertalk] lightning ground wire size (score: 1)
Author: k4zzr@bellsouth.net (David)
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 20:02:39 -0400
For some reason when I did my ground radials a few years ago I remember using 00 bare copper stranded wire leading out from my tower to several cadwelded ground rods and also to the SPG bulkhead at t
/archives//html/Towertalk/2002-08/msg00077.html (7,245 bytes)

2. [Towertalk] lightning ground wire size (score: 1)
Author: n3rr@erols.com (Bill Hider (N3RR))
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 20:20:49 -0400
David, You should use solid wire or flat copper strap. You should use as large a ground wire as you can afford! Size 00 wire is fine, of course, if you have the Cadweld molds for it. The spec is in t
/archives//html/Towertalk/2002-08/msg00079.html (9,060 bytes)

3. [Towertalk] lightning ground wire size (score: 1)
Author: sk-8-er@clnk.com (Zac Smith)
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 22:19:31 -0500
we use #2 tinned solid copper wire for our halo grounds, and evrything is #2 stranded jacketed if its above ground... i was allways told that stranded is best for DC voltage (lightning) the finer the
/archives//html/Towertalk/2002-08/msg00081.html (10,872 bytes)

4. [Towertalk] lightning ground wire size (score: 1)
Author: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch)
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 06:45:05 -0400
The exact opposite is true. Stranded wire is always worse for higher frequencies, and lightning has considerable high frequency energy. Stranding (or worse yet weaving) is undesirable even with pure
/archives//html/Towertalk/2002-08/msg00179.html (7,476 bytes)


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