Hi Pat!
The Amazon price on this wire is ~$14/100' spool. I don't have experience
to know if this is a good price, but it seems alright. Indeed, I will check
Home Depot.
73,
Richard KK6MRH
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Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 11:20 AM
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Subject: Re: Bare Versus Insulated & Solid versus Stranded Copper Wire to
Use for Radials
Richard,
The web address didn't work for me. Solid, stranded, braided, all the same
when you put it in the ground. Sixteen gauge is, yes, better than 18 gauge.
Insulated may not disintegrate quick as soon as bare. I didn't see the
price. Do you have a way to conveniently get to Home Depot or the like.
Check their price on #14 or $12 house wire. Might be less expensive than
the Amazon product. And now that I think it through, perhaps stranded would
be a bit easier to work with than solid.
But whatever you decide on, the more the better within reason!
Pat, K9JAUAt 12:03 PM 7/4/2014, you wrote:
>Hi!
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>
>
>See the below Amazon link for this 16 gauge copper wire I am thinking
>about for use in making radials for a vertical antenna. 16 gauge is
>thicker than the 18 gauge recommended by MFJ for radials, so I like
>that. However, 1) this wire is "stranded" versus "solid" and 2)
>"insulated" versus "bare". I am not sure if "stranded" is the same as
>"braided", or if it matters if radial wire is solid/stranded/braided.
>Also, I understand that it does not matter if the wire is bare or
insulated. Is this true?
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>http://www.amazon.com/Coleman-Cable-16-100-16-16-Gauge-100-Feet/dp/B000
>HAB82 M/ref=pd_sim_hi_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=12AN8JXN3WW2KME3BT1X
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>
>73,
>
>Richard KK6MRH
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