On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:27:12 -0500, msg wrote:

Greetings:

Today, while perusing the wares at a local marine outfitting store, I came
upon 300 foot reels of 20ga. 7-strand copper wire intended for use as
"fishing cable". The price is roughly 6.7 cents/foot and the sample I was
given appeared to be no different from wire sold for electrical purposes
except for the very tight twist and strong tensile strength. To me it
looks like great antenna wire at a good price in view of the copper
bubble. I don't have a milliohmmeter so I cannot conduct conductivity
tests other than to say that a few inches of it zeros a DMM.

Has anyone used this material?

I found "hard drawn" copper wire used for safety and ground on suspended
chandeliers also works great. It's about the same cost but comes in may
gages.