[TowerTalk] copper

[Kirk Kleinschmidt]

Radials:
500-foot spools of 18-gauge TFN, $16 each. Excellent shipping prices out of The Heartland (Illinois or Indiana?).
https://www.ebay.com/usr/iwc2carl?_trksid=p2047675.l2559
That's ebay seller iwc2carl

I have purchased 10+ spools over the past 2 years. All good.
All spools have been "bakers dozens," with 30-50 feet of "extra" wire on each.
For radials, 18-gauge is just fine. I roll the whole spool out, tie one end to a telephone pole and wrap the other end around the handle of my shovel. Then, stretch the wire 3-4 feet. After that it lays nice and limp on the ground and it isn't tempted to lift up or get ornery. It solders easily, cuz it's copper.

Works fine for wire antennas, too (save those for the low bands installed into the tops of 200-foot pines).

Regards,
--Kirk, NT0Z

https://www.ebay.com/usr/iwc2carl?_trksid=p2047675.l2559
My book, "Stealth Amateur Radio," is now available from www.stealthamateur.com and on the Amazon Kindle (soon) 

    On Friday, April 2, 2021, 9:49:51 PM CDT, Wes <wes_n7ws at triconet.org> wrote:  
 
 14 AWG THHN was $67.89/ 500 ft today at HD.


On 4/2/2021 3:27 AM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
> The free market will eventually correct but I doubt if the
> days of $15 for 500 feet of #14 will ever return.
>
> Rob
> K5UJ

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