[TowerTalk] Copper wire prices

[Peter Dougherty]

At 06:50 AM 11/16/2006, you wrote:

>I was at Home Depot yesterday and the spool of 500' 14 gauge 
>insulated, solid, is now going for $39.99.  Stranded is about $5 
>more for the spool.  I was paying about $12.99 for the same spool 
>(solid) a year or two ago.  I'm glad I bought a bunch.  And I hope 
>it goes back down eventually.

You think *that's* bad, I'm putting in a halo-ground system. A 200' 
spool of #4 Solid is $178, and I need 2 of them!. I'm holding off 
till Spring and hoping it drops a little by then.



Cheers,

Peter,
W2IRT