David,
You should use solid wire or flat copper strap.
You should use as large a ground wire as you can afford!
Size 00 wire is fine, of course, if you have the Cadweld molds for it.
The spec is in the latest TIA/EIA - 222 - XX
The 1996 spec is: TIA/EIA-222F and specifies #6 or larger diameter wire.
I used #4 wire at the tower to the ground rods.
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "David" <k4zzr@bellsouth.net>
To: <Towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 8:02 PM
Subject: [Towertalk] lightning ground wire size
> For some reason when I did my ground radials a few years ago I remember
> using 00 bare copper stranded wire leading out from my tower to several
> cadwelded ground rods and also to the SPG bulkhead at the shack. Now I
see
> everyone talking about using #4 and #6 gauge solid wire. I'm getting
ready
> to do my new tower's ground system. What size ground radial wire should I
> use?
>
> 73,
> David, K4ZZR
>
>
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