[TowerTalk] Radial question

[John N7ZN]

When I installed my DX Engineering 80 meter vertical, I used 71 foot 
radials.
Because: I could only get 500 foot spools of 14 THHN at Home Depot and 
one can get 7  71 foot lengths from each 500 foot spool.

Using 65 foot radials would leave about 45 feet left over on each roll.
I sort of do not like the idea of splices in my radial wires. Too many 
opportunities for degraded connections over time.

Just trying to use all the wire I paid for.

73

John N7ZN

On 2/27/2016 07:49 AM, Vincent Weal wrote:
> I'm installing a 40/80 meter vertical (DX Engineering 8040VA-1) which calls
> for 65 foot radials. However, I recently saw a video of an antenna
> presentation by W3LPL in which Frank suggests 70 foot radials for an 80
> meter antenna. ..snip...