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Re: [TowerTalk] Copper wire prices

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Copper wire prices
From: "k6xyz" <k6xyz@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 12:55:10 -0600
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Any problem with using aluminum wire for a radial system??

Regards

Dave Harmon
NSRCA 586
K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
Sperry, Ok.

-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Peter Dougherty
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 10:24 AM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Copper wire prices

At 06:50 AM 11/16/2006, you wrote:

>I was at Home Depot yesterday and the spool of 500' 14 gauge 
>insulated, solid, is now going for $39.99.  Stranded is about $5 
>more for the spool.  I was paying about $12.99 for the same spool 
>(solid) a year or two ago.  I'm glad I bought a bunch.  And I hope 
>it goes back down eventually.

You think *that's* bad, I'm putting in a halo-ground system. A 200' 
spool of #4 Solid is $178, and I need 2 of them!. I'm holding off 
till Spring and hoping it drops a little by then.



Cheers,

Peter,
W2IRT 


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