[TowerTalk] Another radial question

[Bruce/Edith Goldstein]

I have done exactly as you describe.  Seems to work very good.  I use every piece of wire I 
can get me hands on for radials....old RG6, RG8, RG58, multiconductor cables, etc.  Yes, I 
short the shield to center conductor on the coax at the base of the vertical and ignore the 
other end.  I do the same for any multiconductor cables.

I have about 6.1 miles of radials under my 13 verticals (2 on 160M, 2 on 80M, 4 on 40M, and 
4 on 20M)

  73
 --- Bruce, WA3AFS

On 29 Jan 2008 at 18:22, Tom Osborne wrote:

> Howdy TT'ians
> 
> Where I work I am privy to lots and lots of used 30-40 foot power cords from 
> defunct equipment.  Most of them are 2-wire with some 3-wire cords thrown 
> in.  These would make great wire for radials.
> 
> I was wondering, If I leave the 2 (or 3) wires inside the jacket, twist one 
> end, hook it to the coax shield, and leave the other end open, will this 
> look like 2 radials or just 1 thick wire.  Some of the wires are twisted 
> inside the insulation.  Seems like the twisted wires would be a 'gimmick' 
> capacitor.
> 
> It would save a lot of stripping to have to get the outside jacket off to 
> get to the 2 wires inside.  73
> Tom W7WHY 
> 
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