[TowerTalk] Field telephone wire for radials

[Kirk Kleinschmidt]

Gene,
The small-gauge wire will work fine for radials RF-wise, even at legal limit power, because the current is distributed among so many wires. The only practical consideration is the mechanical strength of the wires over time. Livestock walking on them = bad. Hard to say about lawnmowers, kids, pets, dirt bikes, etc.
Best of luck,
--Kirk, NT0Z  Rochester, MN  32 50-foot radials on the lawn made from 18-gauge insulated wire.


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    On Sunday, November 1, 2020, 5:27:37 PM CST, Gene Smar via TowerTalk <towertalk at contesting.com> wrote:  
 
 TT:

    I recently purchased a quantity - actually, a kilometer - of
two-conductor Army field telephone wire.  I intend to use some/much of this
wire to augment the half-dozen radial wires I now have surrounding my
shunt-fed tower for 160M.  

    In your experience, would it be better to split the cable into two
conductors (it's thin wire, maybe 22 AWG) and lay each in a slit in the
grass separately, or should I keep the conductors intact, lay them as a
single radial, then solder the wires together at the ends? I have plenty of
wire to do either.

    Thanks for your advice.

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F




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