[CQ-Contest] Gauge of Radial Wire

[Joe]

Nah the next owner won't have any problem unless it is an insulated wire.
Bare AL wire in the ground, especially one that thin, will probably be 
gone in a year or two max.

Joe WB9SBD
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On 11/7/2015 4:23 AM, Charles Harpole wrote:
> 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
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> On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 9:45 AM, Ken Widelitz <widelitz at gte.net> wrote:
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>> 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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