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Old June 28th 07, 05:27 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.homebrew
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Default Novel source for copper antenna wire

Greetings:

Today, while perusing the wares at a local marine outfitting
store, I came upon 300 foot reels of 20ga. 7-strand copper
wire intended for use as "fishing cable". The price is
roughly 6.7 cents/foot and the sample I was given appeared
to be no different from wire sold for electrical purposes
except for the very tight twist and strong tensile strength.
To me it looks like great antenna wire at a good price
in view of the copper bubble. I don't have a milliohmmeter
so I cannot conduct conductivity tests other than to say
that a few inches of it zeros a DMM.

Has anyone used this material?

Regards,

Michael