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Re: [TowerTalk] Antenna wire source?

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Antenna wire source?
From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 23:02:51 -0700
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On 9/27/2023 9:52 PM, Jim Pruitt wrote:
I wonder if anyone can tell me what the wire is called that were used in several military surplus wire antennas. It was like flexweave but was a bronze copper wire (I thought) and about #22awg or so.

Don't know about that, but for almost 20 years, I've been buying the 500 ft spools of #8 bare copper from the big box stores, and stretching it to approximate #9 hard drawn copper.

I tried several configurations of Flex Weave about 20 years ago, and built several antennas with it. All were on the ground within a year. Another OT ham bought some and had the same results.

73, Jim K9YC

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