On 9/9/2020 1:25 PM, Jim Brown wrote: > I've had terrible experience with stranded copperweld. For at least ten > years, my "go to" strong antenna wire is #8 bare copper from the big box > 73, Jim K9YC Everyone has trouble with stranded copperweld; instead you want to use solid copperweld, as has been pointed out here already. 73 Rick N6RK