[CQ-Contest] Gauge of Radial Wire

Charles Harpole hs0zcw at gmail.com
Sat Nov 7 05:23:22 EST 2015


I got somehow a huge roll of about #20 springy aluminum wire and put it all
out in various lengths, running some down into a nearby lake.
Pity the current homeowner when he begins a garden.
Wire worked ok.  Charly

On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 9:45 AM, Ken Widelitz <widelitz at gte.net> wrote:

> Does the gauge of radial wire on the ground make much difference in
> performance of the ground system.
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> I have a reel of 1000' of 12 conductor telephone wire. Each conductor is
> very thin, but that is 12,000' of radials. Should I use it for radials?
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> 73, Ken, K6LA / VY2TT
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Charly, HS0ZCW


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