[TowerTalk] 3000' feedline...can I make it work?

[Paul]

Hi guys,

I have just bought a farm, and have need to run about 3000' of feedline to
get the antennas up to the top of the mountain in back of our property. I
would like to put up a full wave 160M loop, maybe a wire Log periodic, and
some other wire antennas up there but I need to run feedline from the shack
at the bottom of the hill.

I know I must use some form of balanced open wire feedline but the question
is, can 3000' work and if so, what spacing, wire size etc. should I be
using? Just HF, and mainly 160 - 40M.  I have miles of #6 aluminum wire,
which I would like to use but don't know how it will perform with RF. It is
old stranded high voltage transmission wire, with black plastic insulation,
single conductor, nice continuous lengths.

Your thoughts?

Thanks!

Paul
VE7KHz