Bruce, I used to resonate my tower on 80m with 22 ga wire in two directions. Never a problem with power handling at 1.5kW; I probably would have used bigger stuff if I had any in the garage at the time.
Like others here, I think the real issue is that these wires will become de facto guy wires, and so physical strength becomes relevant. 73, Mike N1TA On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 10:31 AM, Bruce Osterberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Good Morning:\ > > To improve my 160 vertical I want to change its configuration from an > inverted L to a Capacity Hat Vertical. Vertical will be 57 Feet high with > Capacity Hat wires. I am using an 18 Meter Spider pole. I plan on running > 1.5 KW to it. Looking at spider pole website it says 18 Gage wire for the > Vertical part and 26 Gage wire for the capacity Hat. But it says nothing > about the power handling capacity of these wires, (both vertical and > horizontal). I know the spider pole is a bit flimsy at the 55 foot level so > a smaller wire is needed but I am sure someone on this reflector has the > answers I need. > > Bruce N9BX 73 > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
