That's not a bad price but check the local hardware stores if you have any, 
Ace is usually a great place to go if you have an Ace hardware around you. 
Home depot you never know what they'll have in clearance, sometimes asking 
helps too, they may have a few cut off roles with 15-30 feet left on them in 
the back they might let you have for dirt cheap. I've made antennas and 
helped friends make many antennas many times and that's how we save money on 
wire.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard B McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 6:24 PM
Subject: Re: Bare Versus Insulated & Solid versus Stranded Copper Wire to 
Use for Radials


> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Pat Byrne
> Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 11:20 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 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!
>>
>>
>>
>>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?
>>
>>
>>
>>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
>>
>>
>>
>>73,
>>
>>Richard KK6MRH