[Antennas] Radials (lashing wire)

[Joe Giacobello]

Is the lower conductivity of SS wire an issue for this application?  I 
would think so, but laying down a higher high number of radials than the 
typical optimum should compensate.  No?

73, Joe
K2XX

KeViN_S wrote:
> I asked awhile back about what was cheapest/best for
> radials.
>    
>   I just received (more) wire for my 80m 1/4 wave
> vertical from ebay.
>    
>   Monarch stainless steel lashing wire. 
>    
>   I had some of this about 20 years ago or so and I
> still dig it up
>   periodically in the yard. Lasts forever.
>    
>   It is the wire telephone and CATV companys use to
> lash there cable
>   to the strand pole to pole. 
>    
>   This is the second time I seen this wire come up
> recently.
>    
>   I guess if you can find someone doing CATV or phone
> new construction
>   you might be able to come up with end pieces. This
> is where my
>   first pieces came from years ago.
>    
>    
>   
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=010&item=200023759148&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1
>    
>   73
>   Kevin
>   http://home.kc.rr.com/n0cwr/ham.htm
>   n0cwr at yahoo.com
>    
>
>
>
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