I do not like Copperweld, perhaps because it had such a short life at my
station in Aruba. I like K9YC's prestretched 8AWG suggestion, I believe
copper work hardens fairly easily. Hard drawn bare copper wire is also
available, has anyone tried this?
73,
John KK9A
Jim K9YC wrote:
Hi Steve,
Many years ago, our mutual friend David Josephson, WA6NMF, taught me to
buy bare #8 solid copper at the big box store and stretch it to
approximate #9 hard drawn copper. Over the years, W6GHJB and I have done
that 3-4 times. We use it for all of our wires under tension. In
addition to pretty good strength much nicer handling than copperweld, I
don't have to lower the dipoles and circumcise them every few years, as
I did with one that was built with THHN.
We use copper split-bolts for connections.
73, Jim K9YC
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