Topband: radial system

[Tom Rauch]

> I am preparing for the permanent installation of a 1/4 wave monopole for
> top band.  The need to procure enough radial (about 8000 feet) wire now
> faces me.  What gauge and type of wire is being used and from where can it
> be procured.

I buy bare tinned copper buss wire from International Wire in Dallas 
Texas. Last purchase was just over 2 cents per foot, but I buy 
20,000 foot or more at a time.

I like it because it is heavy enough to not break easily, more than 
big enough to have negligible resistance, is copper so it lasts a 
long time, is easy to solder, doesn't need to be stripped every time 
I make a connection, and usually is a single length on 5000 foot 
rolls so there is no waste or splicing.

We used mostly number ten at BC stations for life of system 
considerations. 
73, Tom W8JI
w8ji@contesting.com



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