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1. Topband: Aluminum radials? (score: 1)
Author: "Kenneth D. Grimm, K4XL" <grimm@sbc.edu>
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:00:33 -0400
I'm fresh out of scraps of copper wire for radials and am considering using aluminum electric fence wire. The other galvanized electric fence wire rusts away in a couple of seasons. Anyone else using
/archives//html/Topband/2009-10/msg00059.html (6,777 bytes)

2. Re: Topband: Aluminum radials? (score: 1)
Author: Pete Ferrand <petef@sprynet.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 01:08:11 -0400 (EDT)
--Original Message-- Hi Ken, I made a vee beam out of electric fence aluminum wire, about 400 feet of wire in the air, and put about 500 feet in the ground. It's been up for four years in the trees w
/archives//html/Topband/2009-10/msg00060.html (8,148 bytes)

3. Re: Topband: Aluminum radials? (score: 1)
Author: "Rick Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 22:27:57 -0700
Fence wire won't lay on the ground, it wants to curl up. A better aluminum wire is dead soft 1100 "tie wire" from Alcotec. Also cheaper BTW. I am planning to try some out later this year. Rick N6RK _
/archives//html/Topband/2009-10/msg00061.html (7,731 bytes)

4. Re: Topband: Aluminum radials? (score: 1)
Author: k8gg@voyager.net
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 08:45:54 -0400 (EDT)
 I'm fresh out of scraps of copper wire for radials and am considering wire. The other galvanized electric fence couple of seasons. Anyone else using the aluminum seen it in 1/2 mile rolls for about
/archives//html/Topband/2009-10/msg00062.html (8,056 bytes)

5. Re: Topband: Aluminum radials? (score: 1)
Author: "Victor A. Kean, Jr." <vkean@k1lt.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 10:14:54 -0400
I used it for my first "temporary" vertical at my new place. After two seasons, many of the radials had become brittle and filled with cracks. Many were broken, probably from being stepped on by deer
/archives//html/Topband/2009-10/msg00065.html (7,804 bytes)

6. Re: Topband: Aluminum radials? (score: 1)
Author: "Kenneth D. Grimm, K4XL" <grimm@sbc.edu>
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:50:41 -0400
Thanks to all of you who commented on my question about aluminum radials. A number of respondents suggested that aluminum electric fence wire wouldn't make good radial wire since it will quickly dete
/archives//html/Topband/2009-10/msg00067.html (11,161 bytes)

7. Re: Topband: Aluminum radials? (score: 1)
Author: Art <k6xt@arrl.net>
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:26:54 -0600
Ken I second all Pete's comments. I've been buying 17 gage in 1/4 and 1/2 mile rolls for some years. It works very well as long as a couple things are attended to. As Rick points out it likes to curl
/archives//html/Topband/2009-10/msg00071.html (9,519 bytes)

8. Re: Topband: Aluminum radials? (score: 1)
Author: Merv Schweigert <k9fd@flex.com>
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2009 09:18:10 -1000
Correct George, back in ILL soil some aluminum radials that I had buried lasted about 2 years, when checked they were white powder. Here in KH6 its a recipe for disaster in a couple weeks. I have a
/archives//html/Topband/2009-10/msg00074.html (8,942 bytes)

9. Re: Topband: Aluminum radials? (score: 1)
Author: "N3XX" <n3xx@charter.net>
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 13:58:25 -0400
Just laying them on the ground didn't help here. After a couple of years they were down into the sod, and a couple more years they were falling apart. Now I keep seeing ends sticking up out of the so
/archives//html/Topband/2009-10/msg00075.html (8,798 bytes)

10. Re: Topband: Aluminum radials? (score: 1)
Author: Mike Waters W0BTU <mrscience65704@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 19:50:39 -0700 (PDT)
Anyone ever try a protective anode to make their radials last? At a former QTH in NW Ohio, I had a ground-mounted vertical with 100 or so galvanized electric fence wire radials laid on the ground. F
/archives//html/Topband/2009-10/msg00090.html (9,256 bytes)

11. Re: Topband: Aluminum radials? (score: 1)
Author: Herb Schoenbohm <herbs@surfvi.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:43:13 -0400
Not a good thing for longevity and for possible joint issues causing all sorts of problems. In Puerto Rico barbed wire has been used a AM radio stations with a least a 5 year life span. Personally my
/archives//html/Topband/2009-10/msg00109.html (8,623 bytes)

12. Topband: Aluminum radials? (score: 1)
Author: "Darl Deeds" <na8w@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:13:29 -0400
It depends on the soil. My neighbor used aluminum clothesline 30 years ago for radials and we are still digging it up in the yard in perfect condition. My son lives there now. Darl NA8W _____________
/archives//html/Topband/2009-10/msg00136.html (7,833 bytes)

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