[TowerTalk] insulated wire as radials and antennas.

[Tom Rauch]

> To which I have to append...that's 600V @ 60Hz!  God knows
what it is
> at 7 MHz.

It's a whole lot higher than 600 volts. 600V is the listed
insulation rating, not the breakdown voltage. Fresh
insulation would hold off at least a few kV peak. The
wire-to-wire voltage, especially considering phase
difference is not likely to be 180 degrees,  must be
considerably higher than a few kV in order to burn through
two layers of insulation. Frequency doesn't matter a great
deal.

This is why a few sparse radials often are several dB down
from a large ground system.

73 Tom