[TowerTalk] grounding radials: solid or stranded?

[Pete Smith]

An interesting thought - what about 3/4" copper plumbing tubing as a ground 
conductor?  I suppose if it took a lightning hit, and even if you 
silver-soldered any joints, you would still blow out the solder, but if you 
could get it in a coil....

At 09:18 AM 3/14/2005, Tom Rauch wrote:
>I can't think of a reason it wouldn't apply to lightning,
>although smooth wide flashing has less inductance than a
>narrow round conductor. I would use a wide flashing first,
>and then a round conductor (hollow or solid) second. Braided
>or finely stranded or woven strands would be way down the
>list.