In fact, many good aluminum/copper/stainless flats, rods, tubing, etc
can be found for antenna projects... yellow pages should provide anyone
with a source...

Warmest regards,
John

One should be careful when using aluminum conductors for antennas.
ACSR (Aluminum Conductor Steel Reinforced)
may be a better choice for tensile strength.
but Aluminum oxide is an insulator. and it forms easily at the connections.
But I have made some good antennas out of Aluminum Arrows
I even left the fletching (feathers) on for a couple of antennas. :-)

Hal:

I never thought about the aluminum shafts of arrows!!! The expensive
ones are a titanium alloy--if I remember correctly... Make one tough
antenna...

I have been lucky enough to get some titanium rod (or alloyed aluminum)
before--at a scrappers, you sure can tell it when you attack it with a
hacksaw, this was tempered, apparently, and had the properties of spring
steel...

You are right, that anti-corrode stuff (gel/grease whatever that stuff
is) is good to use on aluminum connections... I am in California--away
from the coast--corrosion is not a very great problem here... but still
every 5 years or so you do have to clean connections and redress...

Warmest regards,
John

"Hal Rosser" wrote in message
.. .

In fact, many good aluminum/copper/stainless flats, rods, tubing, etc
can be found for antenna projects... yellow pages should provide
anyone
with a source...

Warmest regards,
John

One should be careful when using aluminum conductors for antennas.
ACSR (Aluminum Conductor Steel Reinforced)
may be a better choice for tensile strength.
but Aluminum oxide is an insulator. and it forms easily at the
connections.
But I have made some good antennas out of Aluminum Arrows
I even left the fletching (feathers) on for a couple of antennas. :-)

wb5cys wrote:

I am going to build an inverted V for 80 and 40 meters. I will be running
about 700 watts into it. What gauge wire should I use and should it be
stranded or solid core for best performance and power handling?

Thanks!

Cal Barton
WB5CYS




Lets not play those nasty little games Cal, all WB5s know the answers to
this.

Butch KF5DE