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Old June 7th 07, 10:24 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
John Smith I John Smith I is offline
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Default power on random wire antenna

Andrea wrote:
Thanks Richard.
Do you know if there is a formula to calculare the max power that a
wire can supports?

Thanks.

Andrea
IZ2LSC


Max power that the wire can support would be based solely on the
amperage it can carry. You would need to know what the amps are at a
current node ... but, I have run a KW+ on #12.

Currently, I use 1/4 inch copper tubing over steel fencing wire (steel
wire is for strength.) It has supported 5KW+ easily ...

JS