"Tim Shoppa" wrote in message
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Some insist it has to really be Copperweld brand to be good but my
standards aren't so high. Besides Copperweld-brand stuff seems to be
conspicuously out of stock at all the ham retail shops, and when I
inquire about it they tell me that they don't ever expect to get it
again.

Tim.

You should be able to get it he

http://thewireman.com/antennap.html

I just use what I can find. Usually some # 14 or #12 insulated stranded
wire. Mostly free from where I work. When some of the older construction
is removed there is lots of wire that would be thrown away that has been in
conduit in the building for 10 to 30 years.

Once it is up in the air there is no best wire (as long as it is copper) as
far as the signal goes. If you could measuer to the tenth of a db, there
may be. The main thing is will it stand up to the weather.