Welcome to the club, Bob :)
I had wrong impression that chicken mesh is aluminum... Nope, that's
galvanized steel. I found one place which sell bronze, but the price is
killing - 300 bucks for 50 feet roll 3 feet wide.
Looks like my only option is to get a couple of rolls of #16 or #18 wire and
"plant" it.
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 10:18 PM, ROBERT HARMON <k6uj@pacbell.net> wrote:
> You guys have me interested also. I have a small lot only 70 feet by 120
> feet.
> Do you think I would wasting my time with this small of an area for rolling
> out the
> ground screen for the low bands ?
>
> Bob
> K6UJ
>
>
>
> On Sep 23, 2011, at 9:18 AM, Mark Robinson wrote:
>
> > Great ideas. I am going to try that this winter. I have a roll of some of
> > that farm fencing in the barn. It has big squares at the top and smaller
> > squares to the bottom. I haven't seen the square plate device that you
> > mention here but I will do some internet searching.
> >
> >
> > Mark N1UK
> >
> >
> >
> >> Larry wrote:
> >>> The small square image on the web site you pointed to looks like
> >>> a split ground wire bolt. I have not seen them as galvanized before
> >>> but they are readily available in several sizes in brass in the
> electrical
> >>> departments of places like Home Depot and Lowes. I suppose it
> >>> is the "No image" pieces you were really pointed at.
> >>>
> >>
> >> That's correct. The missing image is of a pair of square plates in
> >> galvanized steel, that bolt together with interlocking fingers to make
> >> crossover connections. They're just perfect for the stock fencing that I
> >> described, with its large square mesh.
> >>
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