[TowerTalk] Ground wire between tower and ground stakes

[Jim Thomson]

Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 09:24:41 -0600
From: "Jeff" <keepwalking188 at ac0c.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>, "Patrick Greenlee"
<patrick_g at windstream.net>

<What about insulated stranded?  You give up some of the ground to conductor 
<surface area but the wire compared to the rods is a pretty minimal part of 
<the network.  Right?

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##  on advice of  my  electrician buddy, who is also a ham, I used,
2 gauge, stranded CU, insulated.   Called RW-90.   Then cadwelded
at rod ends.  And compression lugs used at tower end.   I also used
RW-90 in 10 and 8 gauge, for wire ants.  That stuff last forever
outdoors.   Solid 2 gauge is a bitch to work with.   And yes, lightning
will do multiple 90 deg bends. 

Jim  VE7RF