Look on ebay or places like that, I have a bunch of qrp antennas I made with 
speaker wire, folded dipoles and stuff and I got it dirt cheap. I'm not 
saying that's the best for what you want but I"m sure you can find 
something.
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From: "Gery Gaubert" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 3:15 PM
Subject: radials


> Boy, copper wire is expenssive.  Thinking really hard about getting a few 
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> eet of copper just to make some short radials and getting a roll of 
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> wire.  I can put 3 feet by 20 feet on one side and probably close to that 
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> on the other.  in front of the antenna I can get probably 3 feet by 5 and 
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> bout the same in the back.  I even thought about making some frames with 
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> od or pvc pipe so that I can pick them up for grass cutting.  If I make 
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> frames and have the wire on the under side it would be easy to pick up.
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