[TowerTalk] Radial wire size

[Jim Miller]

OK, Guess I'll fess up.  I have told many I have 1000 ft of radials down
around my lowly Butternut BUT I haven't told many that I used 20 gauge
(insulated, solid) wire.  I used the small stuff as it was supposed to be
temporary only; well you know how that goes.  Anyway, is the 20 gauge wire
significantly different in performance than 18 or 16 or even 10 gauge wire?

Tnx es 73, de Jim KG0KP

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Coleman" <aa4lr at arrl.net>
To: "Richard Williams" <richardw at mho.com>
Cc: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 9:23 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Radials for a 4 sq system - wire size and
mixessizes


>
> On May 10, 2006, at 5:15 PM, Richard Williams wrote:
>
> > Or when using a lot of radials is the current so
> > small in each that it doesn't make any difference if you use
> > different size
> > wire in the ground radial system
>
> Bingo. Don't worry about the wire size too much. So long as the wires
> are big enough not to break, they should be fine.
>
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
> Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
>              -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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