[TowerTalk] Has anyone made use of aluminum pole to house wire?

[Jim Lux]

On 8/10/11 11:37 AM, John Hensley wrote:
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> We recently had our utilities run underground to resolve some problems.  Left is a coil of 5/16" diameter stranded aluminum power line, about 100' or more.  Twoof the wires are black insulated, one is the ground return.
> Is this stuff suitable for guying a tower or making a "last forever" wire antenna ofsome sort?
> Would enjoy hearing responses to this.
> TIA,
> John

Not so great as a guy wire (very little strength compared to steel)

probably last forever as a wire antenna.

Aluminum has higher loss than copper, but big diameter makes up for a lot.