I thought stranded came out the winner in the great wire discussion here a few
weeks ago. I remember the THHN from Lowe’s part, but I forget if it was
stranded or solid…. BTW if the weather is bad enough for flying debris, I don’t
think I would be operating. I would have myself in an inside room without
windows :-)
73,
Dave, K4TO
> On Dec 2, 2017, at 5:21 PM, Bob Shohet, KQ2M <kq2m@kq2m.com> wrote:
>
> I would suggest that you buy the wire ( I would use gauge 14 solid copper PVC
> coated THHN, readily available and reasonably priced at Lowe’s, Home Depot,
> etc.) and put up the antenna at your qth and see how it fares in Winter cndx.
> (I use either gauge 14 or gauge 12 for all the wire antennas at my qth). If
> the antenna survives then you know that you are ok. If not, then you may
> want to go with a heavier gauge. Although there won’t be ice and snow in
> Belize, there will be wind, rain and flying debris if it gets windy enough
> and you want your wire to be strong enough to survive without breaking. You
> want the PVC coating on the wire to reduce the effects of abrasion, corrosion
> by salt spray and to reduce the rain noise on your antenna.
>
> 73
>
> Bob KQ2M
>
> From: Gary Slagel via TowerTalk
> Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2017 5:00 PM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] guage of wire for 500 watt antenna?
>
>
> I'm hoping to get to Belize to work ARRL DX CW contest this year and I'd like
> to take my Elecraft KPA500/KAT500 and operate 500 watts. I will be at a
> friends house and not next to the ocean so I'm thinking of getting a doublet
> up in the air as far as I can on a fiberglass pole, feeding with 450 ohm
> ribbon and tuning it on 10 thru 40 and maybe 80M.
> The fiberglass pole won't take too much weight so I'd like to go as small as
> I can on the wire. Any suggestions or input?
> Thanks, Gary KT0A
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