- 1. Re: [TowerTalk] Coper clad steel (score: 1)
- Author: "Mark Richardson" <w7hpw@airwired.net>
- Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:20:19 -0600
- Team, Anybody use copper clad steel for buried ground planes on vertical antennas, Recommendations? Mark W7HPW _______________________________________________ ________________________________________
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- 2. Re: [TowerTalk] Coper clad steel (score: 1)
- Author: "merlin-7" <merlin-7@sc.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:52:36 -0400
- antennas, Not yet, but I have been thinking about it... The one problem I have with it is, there is no real way of telling how long it will last...too many variables, soil mostly. plus, just how bad
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-09/msg00753.html (7,143 bytes)
- 3. Re: [TowerTalk] Coper clad steel (score: 1)
- Author: K2EK@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:20:54 EDT
- DON'T !!!! I made 2 BIG mistakes a while back in ENY... the first was using Sears Aluminum electric fence wire.... It turned to a white powder after a few years. The 2nd was using galvanized fence wi
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-09/msg00755.html (7,324 bytes)
- 4. Re: [TowerTalk] Coper clad steel (score: 1)
- Author: David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:59:37 -0700
- I'm sure that is good stuff, but at $64 per 1000 feet for bare #16 you can do almost the same for #14 wire at Home Depot, especially if you include shipping. There is a guy on eBay who fairly regular
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-09/msg00756.html (8,944 bytes)
- 5. Re: [TowerTalk] Coper clad steel (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Turner <dezrat@copper.net>
- Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:12:18 -0700
- ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Radials corrode, especially when buried. I would use insulated copper, probably magnet wire. Since the power is divided among many radials, they do not have to b
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-09/msg00757.html (7,721 bytes)
- 6. [TowerTalk] Coper clad steel (score: 1)
- Author: Roger Parsons <ve3zi@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:20:31 +0100 (BST)
- The former AM broadcast tower where I have my remote station uses bare copper-clad steel radials. This was apparently because many of the radials are on or above the surface due to the rocky terrain,
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-09/msg00758.html (7,383 bytes)
- 7. Re: [TowerTalk] Coper clad steel (score: 1)
- Author: "K8RI" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
- Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:22:41 -0400
- I use "CopperWeld" antenna wire for...antennas, but once the antenna is up and tuned that's it. After its been up a few weeks you'll never get solder to stick to it again. I use the material for str
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-09/msg00759.html (9,208 bytes)
- 8. Re: [TowerTalk] Coper clad steel (score: 1)
- Author: "jeremy-ca" <km1h@jeremy.mv.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:43:34 -0400
- Davis RF can supply #16 black PE jacketed real Copperweld at .07/ft in a 5000' reel; good stuff for 160M phased Beverages for several directions. They also have #13 19 strand black PE jacketed Copper
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2007-09/msg00768.html (10,580 bytes)
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