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From: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch)
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 20:44:59 -0400
> Try broken ground wire in the circuit because you could get false
> readings thru the coax return unhook feed coax and check ohm's on the
> wires if you have to much resistance there's your problem to small a
> wire for the distance.

In almost any installation the wire gauge is limited by mechanical 
worries, and not conductor size. 

2500 feet of number 20 copper is still good as long as it isn't 
broken someplace along the way.
73, Tom W8JI
W8JI@contesting.com 

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