I know that the bulk fence wire you can buy at the local farm supply will disappear if you have very acidic soil, etc. when used for ground radials. Does anyone know why this wire would not be usable
Resistivity? You might want to go through the equations in the various articles and see if the tradeoff of length vs # of radials, etc. varies if the wire is more resistive. In general, since aluminu
Been a while since I bought electric fence wire, but the last 'wire' I bought was stainless. The last electric fenceing material I bought was nylon with wire inbeded. Worked great and was a lot easie
It should work well for temporary or permanent antennas. I've seen them on TV (OLN and OTCH) used to keep deer out. Looks like good stuff. Should broadband the antenna a bit, like using ladder line o
last 'wire' I Worked great field day type My 160 4sq elements are now made from #12 or 13 ga aluminum fence wire. No problem. I'd never use steel or a nylon coated wire for transmitting. I had poor
K3NC asked: Potential for breakage due to flexing? At some point, I expect to see the same of the copper-cladded steel wire in the ladder line I use for my stub-tuned elevated radials. Even single ra
Hello, Yes, I've used it for FD antennas, 40 and 80 meters, as well as a pair of 480 foot Beverages. The Beverages presently are in use. The Northeast one runs through woods so every now and then you
My understanding is that the NEC calls for at least #14 hard-drawn copper (not the stuff you use for house wiring, and even thicker above a certain length that I can't recall) for antenna wires, so I
The NEC doesn't allow elevated radials. 73 Gary K4FMX _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weather Stations", and lot