On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 02:18:21 GMT, Owen Duffy wrote:

Apart from the challenge of making reliable connections to aluminium,
are there other "issues" that come to mind in using such wire for
antennas?

Hi Owen,

I've used ordinary house wiring for long-wires and they have survived
100# limb falls that ripped out my matching box from its post. The
survival was with the wire, not the box.

[warning to Reggie, the prose that follows contains literary
allusions]
What price tensile strength?

The worst thing you can do is pull a wire tight in an attempt to
totally eliminate sag. The inverse sine angle of its depression
magnifies the stress by huge amounts. A slight sag will never yield a
tensile failure in the most pedestrian of wire.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC