From: "Ira Elbert New, III" <ien3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] Wire Question
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 19:01:10 -0500
Thanks for the reply. But...how do you untwist wire with a Drill?!?!?
Bert New
Watkinsville, Georgia
Proudly Serving You Since 1964!
From: Tom L Jones <ka1yhi@xxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] Wire Question
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 23:48:41 +0000
Twisted pair MUCH stronger if thats an issue.
Back at the Voc. ( not reform school ) we used a drill to make
twisted pairs so use a drill to untwist ????????
73
Tom Jones
Mason N.H.
On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 15:31:03 -0500 "Ira Elbert New, III"
<ien3@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> I have a roll of black and orange wire twisted together. The
> label says
> it's 1/2" and I don't know if that breaks down to 14-guage or not,
> but
> that's wht it appears to be. However, what I want to know is this...
>
> Should I go to the trouble of unwrapping it or should I leave
> the two
> twisted together and use that for an antenna I plan to string along
> my
> fence? It's the one that will be about 300' or so if anyone
> remembers a
> previous post or two about it. I took apart about five feet or so
> earlier
> this afternoon and it took a good while to do it. I can see spending
> a good
> part of the day unwrapping the roll or a good part of the day
> actually
> stringing the wire along the fence and perhaps using it that night.
> I just
> wonder if the two wires will make any difference being close
> together. I
> have a couple of days of good weather ahead here and I don't go back
> to
> Teaching 'til Monday. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Bert New
> Watkinsville, Georgia
> Proudly Serving You Since 1964!
>
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