Topband: radial wire

[Craig Clark]

>    1. Radial Wire? (Jim Murray)
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>Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:27:39 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Jim Murray <adkmurray at yahoo.com>
>Subject: Topband: Radial Wire?
>To: Topband at contesting.com
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>Hello All,
>Found a large spool of wire at a local town wide yard sale yesterday 
>for 2 bucks.? The spool is nearly full and pretty heavy.? Someone 
>wrote telephone wire on the spool and I think that's correct.? The 
>cable itself is marked "2x22 BDW A Superior Essex T10/03 05074 
>feet.? It has the rubber shield on the outside followed by a thick 
>layer of aluminum and 4 wires inside.? Contemplating using this for 
>more radials on my inv L (don't know what else I'd do with it)?and 
>wondering the best way to handle it.? First thought is to just 
>solder all conductors together along with the aluminum casing on one 
>end and attach it to my radial ring with a more manageable jumper 
>wire and leave the far end as is.? Have not measured the 4 wires 
>inside but appear to be abt 18ga.? Any thoughts on the best use of 
>this wire for radials??
>Cheers,
>Jim/k2hn
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Have at it. Use Burndy nuts in lieu of solder and a jumper to the vertical.
A Burndy nut is a copper/brass U with a bolt mandrel that will give 
you a good compression electrical connection.




73, Craig Clark, K1QX


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