I have a shunt fed tower that I landscaped around in late summer. Before
laying down the landscape cloth and decorative stone, I first ran a solid # 6
copper wire around the perimeter of the tower pad and attached fifteen 3 to 7
foot radials on each side and laid them on the ground under the cloth and
stone. I can now go back and solder wire to each of these short radials and
extend them around the yard.
My question is this. If I attach two wires to one of these very short radials
(3-7 feet) and and then run them out about 100 to 130 feet, will they act as
two radials or just one?
My other question is did I read on Tower Talk during the past month that #22
stranded and insulated copper wire is fine for radials? I couldn't find it in
the archives.
Thanks,
Pat, K8PC
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