[BULK] - [TowerTalk] Wire for Radials

[Steve Katz]

Problem with #24 wire is that it's fragile and breaks easily.  Using it for
radials, I'd be sure to bury those radials beneath the ground so nobody can
possibly walk on them, for if they did, the radials would break.  If tripped
over, they'd break.  If pulled too taut, they'd also break.  The breaking
strength of #24 Cu is very small, just a few kg.  #24 Cu should handle a
couple of amperes of current, which would be about 200W of power in a 50 Ohm
system at the current peak.  With air cooling on non-insulated wire, it will
probably handle more.  I'd worry more about it simply breaking! -WB2WIK/6

"Success is the ability to go from failure to failure with no loss of
enthusiasm." -Winston Churchill

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jerry Keller [SMTP:k3bz at arrl.net]
> Sent:	Wednesday, May 12, 2004 1:37 PM
> To:	(Reflector) TowerTalk
> Subject:	[BULK] - [TowerTalk] Wire for Radials
> 
> I've come into possession of a spool of several thousand feet of solid #24
> bare copper wire. Can I use it for radials? What power level could I run
> with it? 
> 73,  Jerry K3BZ
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