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Richard Clark · March 1st 09, 01:34 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna

On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:18:02 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

As it is I will be
stripping insulation off of wire to make ground radials as I have no
bare copper. I once read somewhere not to use insulated wire for
ground radials.

If you read that here in this group, put that writer in your
kill-file.

Save your time and energy and simply plant the insulated wire.

I f I don't do this I will have radials running
out in three directions and will have a whole area of the ground
covered up by the footprint of the house that has no radials.

You do what you can. The difference between doing it and not doing it
will be trivial on the other guy's S-Meter. Putting them under the
home, in the crawl space, is nice if you want to. It really depends
on HOW MANY total you are laying down, and HOW LONG they are before
your "total" coverage footprint matters.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC