[Lowfer] Finished upgrades

[Andy - KU4XR]

--- On Sat, 4/18/09, W5JGV (Ralph Hartwell) <w5jgv at spectrotek.com> wrote:

> From: W5JGV (Ralph Hartwell) <w5jgv at spectrotek.com>
> Date: Saturday, April 18, 2009, 2:35 PM
> Aluminum electric fence wire!  Cheap and effective.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Ralph   W5JGV - WD2XSH/7

That's what I have been using, #17 solid aluminum, 250' for around
$4.00. The only thing about the aluminum wire is that it tends to
deteriorate very rapidly. I had to replace a couple, and make splices
where some had broken where the " J " hooks held them to the ground.
Walking on them when in the yard tends to compound the problem.
However; it is cheap, and does work very well !!. I was at the 
home depot a few days ago, and a 500' roll of insulated #14 solid THHN
was about $ 25.00 after taxes, not a bad price on that. And another
option to consider is the flat rotator cable. Radio Shack sells 300'
for around $ 20.00. A bulk roll of speaker cable would fit the bill
nicely. Lots of options.  73 all:



Andy - KU4XR - EM75xr - Friendsville, TN.
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