[TowerTalk] #14 wire

[RICHARD BOYD]

By the way, #14 actually means "14 gauge," and -- someone help me on this --  
I think it means something like 14 spheres of that diameter would equal a 
certain weight.  Somehow that doesn't sound quite right concerning wire 
gauge, but it must be some system like that.

Anyway, in shotguns, "shot size," it means a certain number of those (e.g. 
12 gauge) -- say, 12 of them, lead spheres that diameter, would equal one 
pound in weight.  Think I've got that right, hence 10 gauge, 12 gauge, 16 
gauge, 20 gauge, 28 gauge.  For the smallest shotgun bore diameter, called 
410, for some reason the system switches over to "caliber," or fraction of 
an inch diameter, which is the system for rifle bore diameters.

73 - Rich, KE3Q


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "IZ4EFN Alessio" <iz4efn at libero.it>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 1:17 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] #14 wire


> Hi guys,
>
> a friend asked me this:
>
> "What should I immagine when an American Ham tells me to use a #14 wire
> for my antenna?"
>
> I believe that the #14 stands for the wire section, but I'm not sure.
>
> Thanks, Alessio IZ4EFN.
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