[TowerTalk] Copper wire prices

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Sudds" <chuck at dxham.net>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Copper wire prices


At 06:06 AM 11/20/2006 -0800, Jim Lux wrote:

While I was in the local (Omaha, NE) Home Depot the other day, I decided to
price some of their wire.  500ft of #14 was $39.99 while RG-6/U was  $.06 a

You sure about that 6 cents a foot?  It's usually a lot more than that. The 
cheapest I could find was a 500 foot roll for $63 (12 cents a foot) and the 
premium stuff was on special at $100 for 500 feet (Normally 142.96)
Remember RG-6 is now mostly Aluminum except for the tiny little wire in the 
center.

Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
www.rogerhalstead.com (Use return address from home page)

foot.  Let's see...500ft X $.06 = $30.00 so using RG6 would be cheaper in
this case.

Chuck  KØTVD
http://www.cupies.com


>This brings up an interesting idea.  Aluminum wire is cheap.
>insulation is cheap.


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