[Boatanchors] Ground wire?

[Rob Atkinson]

Ideally none of what you mentioned should be used--copper strap 2 or 3
inches wide is desirable.  But I understand you need a quick fix.
Copper is better than aluminum because with aluminum you have to
fabricate some sort of union between the rod and the wire.  You can't
connect aluminum directly to copper.

73

Rob
K5UJ

On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 7:36 PM, Phil <ko6bb1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Now the question.  The total run to tie all grounds together is about 18
> feet.  I wanted to purchase some copper tubing and have a friend braze
> it to all rods in an unbroken length to tie them together.  However, the
> budget is about shot, copper tubing is out of the question for now.  I'm
> presently using odd lengths of 18Ga stranded wire for TEMPORARY use
> (yeah, I know, not the best for RF circuits).