[Antennas] Vertical Radials

[Jim Miller]

David;

Insulated or bare copper is fine for radials.
Aluminum is not in most cases; the ground acidity turns it
into powder in 12-18 months.

Good luck,

Jim, K4SQR
 
On Tue, 26 May 2009 10:04:18 -0400 "David C. Hallam"
<dhallam at rapidsys.com> writes:
> I am putting up a Butternut HF6V vertical antenna.  I happen to have 
> a 
> large quantity of 8 conductor 22 ga. cable.  I plan to strip the 
> jacket 
> and use the 22 ga. insulated wires for the ground radials.  Is there 
> any 
> problem with using insulated wire for radials?  I could even tie the 
> 8 
> conductors together and use cable pieces for radials.
> 
> David
> KC2JD/4
> 
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