[TowerTalk] Grounding wire choices

[David Gilbert]

Solid wire is a much better plan, and you can buy #4 bare solid wire by 
the foot cut to length up to 200' off the shelf at Lowes or Home Depot.

73,
Dave   AB7E


On 10/6/2018 5:08 PM, Gary Smith wrote:
> I am in the process of pounding in
> grounding rods between the breaker box,
> the roof mounted antenna ground wire and
> the coax entrance. I will be bonding all
> together.
>
> The choice of wire I'm not sure about. #4
> or # 6, solid or stranded. I'll be using
> about 100' of it. It seems like the
> thicker, the better but maybe #6 is fine?
> I have no idea about stranded or solid,
> seems like for this, solid would have
> greater mass & be better? I have no idea.
>
> #6 is a pick-up, #4 is an order.
>
> The remote antenna is 370' away so I won't
> be running it to there.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> 73,
>
> Gary
> KA1J
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