I would use phosphor bronze wire.
Bert VE3NR
On 3/10/2019 11:25 AM, Gedas wrote:
I am planning to put up a long inverted v antenna with it's feedpoint
at 85' using 600' total wire (300' on each leg). The ends will be near
the ground, only 20-25 feet high.
My question is given that each leg of this antenna will be 300' long
am I better off going with a lighter weight #14 THHN insulated
stranded wire or some heavier #12 THHN stranded? I am not going to
purchase a different wire that would be better suited like copper-weld
etc since I have plenty of these other two and want to try something
today.
I realize there is going to be a _lot_ of sag in either case but I am
not sure of the breaking strengths of either #12 or #14 and in the end
which will help keep the wire up higher with less sag. Any ideas?
Gedas, W8BYA
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