[TowerTalk] KF4BWG

[Wes]

It's been 40+ years since I worked on the program but my recollection is that 
the wire on the TOW missile was under ten mils, including the insulation.

A story that I heard was that during the conceptual phase a search for vendors 
for the wire came up with only one, US Steel. When asked how long a continuous 
length they could draw the answer was, "Oh, we could probably make it in 50 foot 
lengths." Hughes said, "We need it in lengths over a mile!"


Wes  N7WS

On 4/18/2019 2:06 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
>
> I had no idea the wires could be that thin, but I checked around online and 
> saw horse fence tape with wire thicknesses ranging from 6 mils to 12 mils for 
> 15 strand tape, so 7 mils (0.1778 mm) for 18 wires sounds like a good ballpark 
> figure.