[TowerTalk] Using aluminum wire (or aluminum clad) - for buried radials?

[n8de at thepoint.net]

In addition, the aluminum radials oxidize and turn to powder in a  
short number of years (months?).
Copper or copper-coated steel for me.
73
Don
N8DE


Quoting Clint Talmadge W5CPT <w5cpt at bellsouth.net>:

> I tried it. It is springy enough that where my yard has dips it pulled out
> of the shallow cuts I made. That exposed them to the deer who stepped on
> them and broke them.  Then I ran over the exposed ends with the mower and
> pulled some out with rather spectacular results to the spindle of the mower
> deck and bits of Kentucky clay flying up into the air.
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> All my new radials are copper.
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> Clint Talmadge – W5CPT
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> Gents,
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> What are your thoughts about using this for buried radials?
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> Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
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> 73 Peter
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