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 2009年5月26日 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 >> ______________________________________________________________ > Antennas mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/antennas > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Antennas at mailman.qth.net >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> J ____________________________________________________________ Be there without being there. Click now for great video conferencing solutions! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTECaq1hmxlxCN5GM80MApv5oWCpPYXEeQONbtVjOI7FtQWVVd6h1G/