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Amateur Radio
Antenna Wire Sizes
Table of
AWG and approximate corresponding sizes
The table below shows AWG wire
sizes compared to (inches) and (mm).
The diameter information in the table applies to
solid wires.
Areas shaded green are
most common sizes used in Amateur Radio wire antennas.
#12 and #14 AWG
are the most popular wire sizes
|
AWG |
Diameter |
|
|
(in) |
(mm) |
|
000000(6/0) |
0.5800 |
14.73 |
|
00000(5/0) |
0.5165 |
13.12 |
|
0000(4/0) |
0.4600 |
11.68 |
|
000(3/0) |
0.4096 |
10.40 |
|
00(2/0) |
0.3648 |
9.266 |
|
0(1/0) |
0.3249 |
8.251 |
|
1 |
0.2893 |
7.348 |
|
2 |
0.2576 |
6.544 |
|
3 |
0.2294 |
5.827 |
|
4 |
0.2043 |
5.189 |
|
5 |
0.1819 |
4.621 |
|
6 |
0.1620 |
4.115 |
|
7 |
0.1443 |
3.665 |
|
8 |
0.1285 |
3.264 |
|
9 |
0.1144 |
2.906 |
|
10 |
0.1019 |
2.588 |
|
11 |
0.0907 |
2.305 |
|
12 |
0.0808 |
2.053 |
|
13 |
0.0720 |
1.828 |
|
14 |
0.0641 |
1.628 |
|
15 |
0.0571 |
1.450 |
|
16 |
0.0508 |
1.291 |
|
17 |
0.0453 |
1.150 |
|
18 |
0.0403 |
1.02362 |
|
19 |
0.0359 |
0.9116 |
|
20 |
0.0320 |
0.8128 |
|
21 |
0.0285 |
0.7229 |
|
22 |
0.0253 |
0.6438 |
|
23 |
0.0226 |
0.5733 |
|
24 |
0.0201 |
0.5106 |
|
25 |
0.0179 |
0.4547 |
|
26 |
0.0159 |
0.4049 |
|
27 |
0.0142 |
0.3606 |
|
28 |
0.0126 |
0.3211 |
|
29 |
0.0113 |
0.2859 |
|
30 |
0.0100 |
0.2546 |
|
31 |
0.0089 |
0.2268 |
|
32 |
0.0080 |
0.2019 |
|
33 |
0.0071 |
0.1798 |
|
34 |
0.0063 |
0.1601 |
|
35 |
0.0056 |
0.1426 |
|
36 |
0.0050 |
0.1270 |
|
37 |
0.0045 |
0.1131 |
|
38 |
0.0040 |
0.1007 |
|
39 |
0.0035 |
0.08969 |
|
40 |
0.0031 |
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