Thank heavens, I don't have deer to contend with on my city lot! Main
"critters" here are squirrels ("tree rats"), rabbits, possums, the
occasional raccoon or fox, and some geese from time to time. If I had deer
or other larger animals to deal with, I'd surely use something heavier and
put it higher than their heads, if I couldn't bury it! I did, not long ago,
get rid of a huge spool of 10- ga magnet wire ( hard-drawn, I think). I've
regretted getting rid of it! I had built a lot of antennas with it and it
was virtually indestructible! Took a really substantial iron to solder it!
I got the huge spool of magnet wire free from a previous employer, who was
clearing out a storage area in preparation for selling off the plant. One of
the veeps, who was supervising the clean-out, gave it to me, and I loaded it
on my pickup and took it home and used it for years for antennas -never made
much of a dent in that huge spool! Took two strong men to get it on the bed
of my pickup!
73,
Charlie, K4OTV
-----Original Message-----
From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
donovanf@starpower.net
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 10:05 PM
To: topband@contesting.com
Cc: garyk9gs@wi.rr.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Radial Wire
Hi Gary,
I've used bare 14 AWG solid bare copper wire with good success in shallow
buried radial systems. It would be a poor choice in corrosive soil (my heavy
clay soil is not corrosive).
I use 16 AWG stranded insulated copper wire for radials for temporary
receiving arrays in areas with heavy foot traffic by herds of white tail
deer.
73
Frank
W3LPL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary K9GS" <garyk9gs@wi.rr.com>
To: topband@contesting.com
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 1:24:20 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: Radial Wire
Frank,
Thank you very much for this source. I was just looking this week for wire
prices. I want to buy quite a lot for next summer's antenna project.
The nice thing is he's close enough I'll probably pick it up and save
shipping.
BTW...any thoughts on solid vs stranded? I do like to use insulated wire as
I think it lasts longer. I was thinking 16 or 18 ga.
On 10/22/2014 1:17 PM, donovanf@starpower.net wrote:
> iwc2carl on ebay is my favorite supplier of bulk wire. He's very reliable,
> consistently less expensive (including shipping) than the retail stores
and
> electrical wholesalers, ships in a few days and you can't beat the
> convenience of delivery direct to your door. He almost always accepts
> an offer of 90% of his asking price.
>
> http://www.ebay.com/sch/iwc2carl/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
>
> For radials I typically use 1000 foot reels of 16 AWG stranded for $50.00
> per reel plus ten dollars for shipping.
>
> 73
> Frank
> W3LPL
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
> To: topband@contesting.com
> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 6:42:03 PM
> Subject: Topband: Radial Wire
>
> On 6/26/2014 2:24 PM, Bill Wichers wrote:
>> You can get solid thhn. Some codes even require it, but it is much less
common. I've seen Home Depot stock it before.
> Solid #12 and #14 THHN on 500 ft spools is stocked by every Home Depot
> and Lowes store I have visited. They even offer a discount (10% on 5 or
> 6 spools, I think). I prefer #14 solid because it seems to remain in
> place a bit better than stranded. I would use #18 if it were widely
> available at good prices.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
>
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>
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