[TowerTalk] Long Wire Sag

[Bert]

I would use phosphor bronze wire.

Bert VE3NR


On 3/10/2019 11:25 AM, Gedas wrote:
> I am planning to put up a long inverted v antenna with it's feedpoint 
> at 85' using 600' total wire (300' on each leg). The ends will be near 
> the ground, only 20-25 feet high.
>
> My question is given that each leg of this antenna will be 300' long 
> am I better off going with a lighter weight #14 THHN insulated 
> stranded wire or some heavier #12 THHN stranded? I am not going to 
> purchase a different wire that would be better suited like copper-weld 
> etc since I have plenty of these other two and want to try something 
> today.
>
> I realize there is going to be a _lot_ of sag in either case but I am 
> not sure of the breaking strengths of either #12 or #14 and in the end 
> which will help keep the wire up higher with less sag. Any ideas?
>
> Gedas, W8BYA
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