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Re: Topband: Soldering radials?

To: Tim Shoppa <tshoppa@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Soldering radials?
From: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 13:51:23 -0500
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My experience has been the complete opposite.  May have to do with
which is hard drawn and which is soft.

Rob
K5UJ

On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Tim Shoppa <tshoppa@gmail.com> wrote:
> I much prefer stranded 18AWG for my "roll out on top of lawn and driveway"
> radials. Stranded is more likely to stay flat on the ground than solid. The
> solid likes to remembers the curl of being wound on the spool and sproings
> up. It takes many fewer staples to hold the stranded down.
>
>
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